Cause of city fire ruled accidental
SCRANTON - The fire that severely damaged a building on the 500 block of Lackawanna Ave. started accidentally, investigators ruled.
Fire Chief Tom Davis said the blaze at 506 Lackawanna Ave., between Buona Pizza and the Scranton Liederkranz, at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday was likely caused by an unattended toaster oven. Once the fire started, a man who was in the unoccupied building doing maintenance work and cleaning was burned, though Chief Davis did not know the name of the man.
The fire was called in by the owner of Buona Pizza when he saw flames pouring out of the back and front of the building.