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WILKES-BARRE — City firefighters were working to extinguish a blaze at a vacant apartment building on Old River Road late Wednesday night.
Fire Chief Jay Delaney said crews were dispatched at 9:51 p.m. for the fire at 133-135 Old River Road and arrived to find heavy fire inside the building.
As of 10:30 p.m., firefighters were still working to extinguish flames and finish searching the building, which Delaney described as ‘huge.’
A sign posted in a front window of the building described it as foreclosed upon and bank-owned.
Delaney said Old River Road between Maffett and Eleanor streets would be closed until at least 11:30 p.m. or midnight.
No further information was immediately available.
Wilkes-Barre City firefighters enter a vacant apartment building at 133-135 Old River Road that caught fire late Wednesday night.