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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The Luzerne County Coroner&#8217;s office confirmed Monday that a fire early Friday morning on Horton Street claimed the life of Duane Lawrence, 61.</p><p>Thomas Moran, assistant chief deputy coroner at the Luzerne County Coroner&#8217;s Office, confirmed Monday that Lawrence, who had been missing from his home at 223 Horton St. since the time of the fire, had been found dead in the rubble.</p><p>Moran said the manner and cause of Lawrence&#8217;s death had yet to be conclusively determined.</p><p>Firefighters responding to a reported structure fire at the residence around 5:21 a.m. Friday found the home fully engulfed in flames, which officials said prevented them from mounting a direct attack.</p><p>Police announced later that afternoon that a body had been found in the rubble, but did not immediately identify Lawrence as the victim.</p><p>The home had been sold to an East Stroudsburg resident at a Luzerne County back-tax auction on Thursday, but county officials later told the buyer they would void the sale due to the home&#8217;s destruction.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Demolition crews still working at the scene of a fatal fire on Horton Street in Wilkes-Barre Monday afternoon. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/web1_TTL110315firefolo1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Demolition crews still working at the scene of a fatal fire on Horton Street in Wilkes-Barre Monday afternoon. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Travis Kellar</p><p>tkellar@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Coroner confirms Horton Street fire victim was Duane Lawrence