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Man, several cats dead after fire in Scranton

A man escaped his burning home in Scranton Wednesday night but later died at the hospital. Several cats also died in the fire.

SCRANTON, Pa. — A man died after a fire in Lackawanna County.

Flames broke out at the apartment building on Harrington Avenue in Scranton just before 9 Wednesday night. 

The coroner says a 70-year-old man who lived in the building made it out but had a heart attack and later died at the hospital.

His name has not been released.

Several cats also died in the fire.

There's no cause yet of this fire in Scranton.

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