LANSFORD, Pa. — Broken windows and the smell of smoke linger on East Ridge Street in Lansford. Thursday night, just before 11 p.m., crews were called to tackle a fire at a section of three row homes. Karl Lucas Jr. says he escaped his home through a window.
“I’m a pretty wide guy. I tried to get out, but my shoulders wouldn’t go through, so I kinda wiggled. I have bruises and scrapes all down the side of me, but I just forcefully pushed myself out with my legs,” described Lucas Jr.
Crews got Lucas down from the roof with a ladder…