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Woman found dead in Scranton fire

Investigators are looking for the cause of a deadly fire early Saturday morning in Scranton.

SCRANTON, Pa. — UPDATE 3:00 P.M.:

Blown-out windows and a charred exterior are all that's left after a fire made its way through a home on Geraldine Court, in Scranton, killing a woman. 

The Lackawanna County coroner says the woman, in her late 60s, was the only person who lived there.

"We heard the glass breaking of the windows and there was nothing anybody could do, and there were people up and down the street watching," said Adam Colacicco, a neighbor. 

Adam Colacicco lives around the block. 

He was woken up around midnight to the fire. 

"My dog started barking we looked outside and saw the sirens and lights up on our ceiling," Colacicco said. "Looked outside and saw the fire. The flames are were ripping pretty good. We didn't know if anybody was home but we said a prayer."

The home is right off Swetland street on the city's west side. 

Gomer Edwards garage sits behind the home. 

Edwards says in passing the two would say hello to each other.

But he was always friendly with her husband, Butch, who now lives in a nursing home.

"I have seen her a few times coming in and out but I didn't actually know her personally, you know but I saw him a lot more than her," said Gomer Edwards, a neighbor. 

Edwards recalls a time when the woman would talk to his dog from one of her windows. 

"Oh it's terrible, this is terrible, you never expect something like that to happen right next to me," Edwards said.

The coroner has not yet released the woman's name.

Investigators are still looking for the cause of the deadly fire. 

Original story:

One person is dead after a fire early Saturday morning in Scranton.

The alarm here on Geraldine Court came in around midnight. It's just off Swetland Street on the city's west side.

The flames were out fast, but one person was found dead inside. 

The coroner arrived a couple of hours later.

The name of the person killed has not been released.

So far, firefighters in Scranton have not said what caused Saturday morning's deadly fire.

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