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Man catches house on fire after using blow torch on weeds

Crews were called to the home on Gilbert Street in Carbondale for the house on fire.

CARBONDALE, Pa. — Fire damaged a home in Lackawanna County.

Around 4 p.m., crews were called to a home on Gilbert Street in Carbondale.

Investigators say a man who lived there was using a blow torch on grass and weeds when the side of his home caught fire.

No one was injured in the fire.

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