EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Flames and smoke poured out of the third floor of a building on South Courtland Street in East Stroudsburg around 6:30 a.m. Thursday.
Fire officials say everyone made it out, but the entire building has water damage.
Gabriella Corzo owns the discount general store just downstairs. She was at home when she found out about the fire.
"I actually saw it through the camera, and I started to see rain inside the store, and next thing I go online to look at the camera and I see firemen going upstairs, like a whole bunch of them. So what I did was get dressed quick and leave and came here," said Corzo.
The fire started around 6:30 a.m. in a third-floor apartment under renovation.
Four people lived on the second floor. They're being helped by the Red Cross.
"It's shocking that I didn't hear any of the sirens or the hose or the piece of wood hitting my windshield here. But, yeah, man, my prayers go out to everyone who has to deal with this fire," said D'Andre Bryant, a neighbor.
Water-damaged merchandise lines the front of the general store. The owner tells Newswatch 16 she was getting ready to open in just two weeks.
"I invested everything I had, and I just got two and a half loads of merchandise that I put in there. So everything was there. I was planning to open on April 10. Obviously, that's not going to happen," Corzo said.
Corzo says she still would like to open a business but is now unsure if she ever will. She didn't have the shop insured.
A fire marshal is trying to determine the cause of the fire.
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