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Burn Injuries Lead To Pennsylvania Man's Death Following Barn Fire: Coroner Burn Injuries Lead To Pennsylvania Man's Death Following Barn Fire: Coroner
Burn Injuries Lead To Pennsylvania Man's Death Following Barn Fire: Coroner A man who received severe burn injuries in a barn fire died in the hospital, according to the Lehigh County Coroner on Monday, Nov. 18. Michael Kane, 77, of Damascus Township, Wayne County, was pronounced dead from burns he received during the barn fire while at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest at 2:45 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17, a news release from the coroner states. The fire happened in the 700 block of Butternut Flats in Damascus Township at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16, according to the news release. Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio listed the cause of death as "Complication…

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by Merriell Moyer
Police & Fire
89-Year-Old Man Dies Days After Clothes Catch Fire Burning Brush At His PA Home: Coroner 89-Year-Old Man Dies Days After Clothes Catch Fire Burning Brush At His PA Home: Coroner
89-Year-Old Man Dies Days After Clothes Catch Fire Burning Brush At His PA Home: Coroner An 89-year-old Pennsylvania man died of serious burns suffered while burning brush at his home last month, officials said. Leo C. Pavelco, of Slatington, was burning brush at his home when his clothing caught fire around 5 p.m. April 22, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said. Pavelco was hospitalized with burns covering 30.5% of his body, and died on May 3, just after 8 p.m., at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest, Buglio said.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Baby Beater Burned To Death By Boiling Water Down Back At PA Prison (UPDATED) Baby Beater Burned To Death By Boiling Water Down Back At PA Prison (UPDATED)
Baby Beater Burned To Death By Boiling Water Down Back At PA Prison (Updated) A Delaware County dad serving time at a Montgomery County prison for abusing his infant daughter died after being scalded with boiling water, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office in a release. Brandon Grant, 39, died on Sunday, Jan. 14 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest from pulmonary thromboemboli due to deep vein thrombosis and complications from burns to his back, according to officials. The death was ruled accidental following an autopsy on Tuesday, Jan. 16, said Coroner Daniel Buglio. Grant was serving a sentence at SCI Phoenix in Collegeville, the coroner said.  Prison …

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by Mac Bullock & Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Victims ID'd In Deadly Montco House Fire, But Cause Still Unclear Victims ID'd In Deadly Montco House Fire, But Cause Still Unclear
Victims ID'd In Deadly Montco House Fire, But Cause Still Unclear Officials in Montgomery County are still working to identify the cause of the early morning house fire that killed one man and one woman in Hatfield on Friday, May 12.  The Hatfield Volunteer Fire Company was called to the home, 2873 Washington Lane, at about 4:20 a.m., they wrote in a release Friday afternoon. Dispatchers advised that the blaze on the first floor had trapped two people upstairs, the Company said.  Firefighters arrived within minutes to find "heavy fire conditions" on the house's front side, with only three of the five residents having escaped, the release says. T…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Full Body Burns Kill Bucks Man Torching Trash: Coroner Full Body Burns Kill Bucks Man Torching Trash: Coroner
Full Body Burns Kill Bucks Man Torching Trash: Coroner A man lighting trash on fire suffered burns across more than half of his body, ultimately killing him, according to the Lehigh County coroner. Lutz K. Wundshock, 59, of Durham Township, was torching the trash around 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9 at his home, the coroner's office said. He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m. the following day. The manner of death was accidental, having sustained 58% full thickness burns to the body, officials said. In addition to the coroner's office, this death is being investigated by the Pennsylvan…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Allentown House Fire Injures 1, Displaces 2 More, Officials Say Allentown House Fire Injures 1, Displaces 2 More, Officials Say
Allentown House Fire Injures 1, Displaces 2 More, Officials Say One Allentown resident was injured and two others were displaced by a house fire on the 1800 block of Washington Street around 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, fire officials said. The blaze began in an upstairs bedroom, where firefighters managed to contain it, according to fire Capt. John Christopher.  An adult male suffered burns to the "face and back area" and smoke inhalation, he said, while two other residents — one adult and one child — escaped unharmed. The injured man was treated at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury Township, but his present condition was not immed…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Meth Chef Hides Under Boat As Explosion Chemically Burns Fire Fighter In Lebanon: Police Meth Chef Hides Under Boat As Explosion Chemically Burns Fire Fighter In Lebanon: Police
Meth Chef Hides Under Boat As Explosion Chemically Burns Fire Fighter In Lebanon: Police A Lebanon City accused meth cooker hid under a boat as his apartment exploded just after 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 4, city police said in a statement sent to Daily Voice on Thursday, Sept. 8.  Brian Scott Gingrich, 57, of 207 East Cumberland Street fled from his home as "components...to manufacture the drug (methamphetamine) within the apartment" exploded, city police say.  He "was not on scene at (the) arrival of the fire department," police state in the release.  A fireman was chemically burned, but it was reportedly minor and he was not hospitalized.  …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Man Hospitalized In Pennsburg Car Fire: Authorities Man Hospitalized In Pennsburg Car Fire: Authorities
Man Hospitalized In Pennsburg Car Fire: Authorities A man was taken to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after a fire broke out in his car, authorities in Montgomery County said. Firefighters doused the car blaze along the 600 block of Penn Street in Pennsburg around 2 p.m., a spokesperson for the Montgomery County Department of Public Safety told Daily Voice. The heavy flames eventually spread to a second vehicle, causing damage to a total of two vehicles. officials said. A male victim was taken to an area hospital by ambulance for burns to the face and hand, the spokesperson said. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. 

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
2 Dead Weeks After Bristol Township Fire 2 Dead Weeks After Bristol Township Fire
2 Dead Weeks After Bristol Township Fire Two people who had been airlifted to a Philadelphia hospital with serious burns in last month's Bristol Township fire have died of their injuries, LevittownNow reports. An elderly man was confirmed dead on Jan. 29, and an elderly woman died this week, the outlet reports. Both had suffered serious burns and were being treated at Temple University Hospital’s burn center. Flames consumed a 2.5-story home on the 4900 block of Beaver Dam Road when fire crews arrived around 4 a.m. on Jan. 23, the Levittown Fire Company said. "E-14 first arriving, securing own water supply, leading off with 1 3…

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by Cecilia Levine