SHAMOKIN, Pa. — One man has died after a fire Monday morning in Northumberland County.
It happened at a garage off West Chestnut Street in Coal Township, near Shamokin.
A neighbor took pictures of the smoke and flames around 7:15 a.m.
According to the Northumberland County coroner, Shawn Guschel, 41, died in the fire. Investigators believe he was working on his motorcycle's gas tank.
"Opened the door to see what was going on, and I saw the garage was on fire," Angela Mindler said. "It was devastating. It was devastating."
Investigators say Guschel was inside the garage working on his motorcycles. Crews were able to put out the fire within about 20 minutes, but Guschel did not make it out of the garage. The coroner says he died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
A state police fire marshal believes the fire was an accident, and Guschel was working on his motorcycle's gas tank. His neighbors were very shaken up.
"You think of things in a house fire, but when a garage goes up, you never really think of somebody being in there. it's really bad," said Dan Parker. "I only met the guy a couple of times. They're pretty new to the neighborhood within the last year, but when I did meet him, he seemed like a really nice guy."