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Investigation Continues into Deadly Deer Lake Fire

Investigation Continues into Deadly Deer Lake Fire - Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 04:12AM EST

Reported by: Eric Deabill
Sunday June 13 2010


DEER LAKE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY -- The investigation continues into a deadly fire in Schuylkill County. 44-year-old Susan Drummer died when flames tore through her parent's house in Deer Lake.

Sunday neighbors told Eyewitness News about their harrowing efforts to try and save the woman, who was wheelchair bound and battling M. S. Larry Kozlowski was one of the first to see the flames. I went around to the back. The back doors were locked but it was already totally engulfed inside the room where she was normally at," he said.

Kozlowski along with others tried their best to save Drummer, but the fire had already had too much of a head-start. The fire was so intense. When you looked in the glass doors in the back, when you got five feet away from the glass doors, the heat was just knocking you over," he said.

In this community of just about 330 homes, the deadly fire has touched almost everyone. Neighbor Doyle Dietz said, Its something you feel. This whole neighborhood kinda watches out for one another, but its not like you're running in and out of houses and everything."

Two state police fire marshals are currently looking into what started the fire. They have not yet made a ruling.

Susan Drummer lived in this house with her parents, who were away at a wedding when the flames broke out. Fire Chief Michael Strouse said, The Red Cross is aiding the family to try and alleviate the stress of their disposition."

The house can be replaced but there's people here last night that lost a daughter, lost a mother, lost a sister," added Kozlowski.

Firefighters from both Schuylkill County and Berks County helped fight the flames. Investigators say they don't know when they'll be able to pinpoint the cause of the deadly fire.
 


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