State police probe Carbondale arson
CARBONDALE - State police at Dunmore are investigating a mid-May arson at an abandoned Carbondale home.
At about 7:17 p.m. on May 14, someone entered the home at 24 Garfield Ave. and set a small fire in a second-floor closet, police said.
A neighbor who heard the smoke alarms called 911. No one was injured in the fire, and the home sustained minimal damage, officials said.
It's the second arson investigation in Carbondale announced this month. City and state police said on May 15 they were investigating the possibility that arson may have been involved in a May 9 fire that heavily scorched a basement and killed two puppies at 59 Belmont St.
Anyone with information on either fire is asked to call the state police fire marshal unit at 963-3156.