READING, Pa. (AP) - Authorities are asking the public for help in finding relatives of one of the two men killed in a house fire last week in the eastern Pennsylvania city of Reading.
The Berks County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified the victims of the March 4 fire as 39-year-old John Vannatter and 57-year-old Carlos Molina-Almendares.
The coroner’s office said Vannatter lived in the home. Molina-Almendares had been staying there after his recent release from jail. Authorities are seeking his family, who may be in New Jersey or Florida.
Authorities said 11 people were in the home when the blaze broke out shortly before 9 p.m. One person authorities said went back into the burning home was being treated at a hospital for smoke inhalation. Five firefighters were also reported injured, and one was being treated at a hospital.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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