SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, Pa. — UPDATE: The coroner said Elizabeth Gunn, 40, died at the hospital on Tuesday due to complications from burns.
Original story:
One person is dead after a fire in Susquehanna County.
The flames started around 5:30 a.m. Monday at a home along Ainey Road in Brooklyn Township, south of Montrose.
Jack Sterling lives next door.
"I woke up this morning in the house with a big explosion. My hearing is bad. I knew if I could hear it without my hearing aids, it was bad," Sterling said.
Sterling said he came outside to find his neighbor's house filled with flames. A burned woman made her way into his yard. A man inside died.
Hop Bottom Fire Chief Pete Mecca said flames were shooting from the back of the home when he arrived.
"It had a pretty good start, being a mobile home with an addition over it. The steel roof kept the heat inside."
And there were complications, including vehicles parked in the yard that also caught fire.
With no fire hydrants in this rural area, firefighters laid hundreds of feet of hose from a creek to get water onto the burning house.
"It was full of fire when we got here, so there is no way we can determine where it started offhand," Chief Mecca said.
Several companies were called in. No firefighters were hurt.
State police fire marshals said extensive damage prevents them from determining a cause. It is not considered suspicious.
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