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<p>PITTSTON &#8212; A fire at a Pittston home Sunday afternoon has left a family of four in temporary lodging, and a community rallying to provide support.</p><p>Maria Chacko lives at 156 Panama St. with her three children, ages 16, 14 and 9. The family was at home when they smelled a burning rubber odor and called the fire department, Chacko said. Everyone escaped unharmed.</p><p>Chacko told the Times Leader that police said they suspect the blaze may have been electrical in nature.</p><p>Pennsylvania State Police, along with Pittston police and fire crews, were on the scene Monday, and said the cause remained under investigation.</p><p>American Red Cross spokesman Dave Skutnik confirmed the organization is providing lodging, food and clothing to one adult and three children.</p><p>Chacko&#8217;s employer, meanwhile, has begun efforts to assist the family.</p><p>Luna&#8217;s Pizza &amp; Restaurant, 188 N. Main St., Pittston, posted on their Facebook page Sunday evening, asking for donations to help the family, including both money and clothing.</p><p>A woman who identified herself only as Ness Marie, a manager for Luna&#8217;s, confirmed that Chacko is an employee, calling her &#8220;a member of the family.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;They need clothes, household items &#8212; everything,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They have to start from scratch.&#8221;</p><p>The Facebook post lists the clothing sizes needed by the family: girls&#8217; sizes 8/10, men&#8217;s small and men&#8217;s XL, boy&#8217;s size 16 pants and men&#8217;s size 38 pants.</p><p>People who wish to donate goods should bring them to Luna&#8217;s. The restaurant also will be accepting monetary donations. Checks and money orders can be made out to Luna&#8217;s Pizza but they must have &#8220;Chacko Fire Donation&#8221; on the memo line.</p><p>The restaurant will be holding a benefit to help the family out this coming Sunday between the hours of noon and 4 p.m, Ness Marie said. More details will be announced leading up to the event, likely by Tuesday afternoon, she added.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Pittston resident Maria Chacko sits on a neighbor&#8217;s porch, talking with a state trooper and Pittston Fire Chief James Rooney Monday morning, Chacko and her three children, ages 16, 14 and 9, were displaced after a fire Sunday at their Panama Street home. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/web1_TTL030618FireFolo1-2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Pittston resident Maria Chacko sits on a neighbor&#8217;s porch, talking with a state trooper and Pittston Fire Chief James Rooney Monday morning, Chacko and her three children, ages 16, 14 and 9, were displaced after a fire Sunday at their Panama Street home. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/web1_TTL030618FireFolo3-2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Maria Chacko&#8217;s home on Panama Street in Pittston was destroyed in a fire on Sunday. The cause of the blaze was under investigation on Monday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/web1_TTL030618FireFolo3-2.jpg</photo1><caption1>Maria Chacko&#8217;s home on Panama Street in Pittston was destroyed in a fire on Sunday. The cause of the blaze was under investigation on Monday. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/web1_TTL030618FireFolo2-2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">State police investigators are seen Monday at the scene of Sunday&#8217;s house fire on Panama Street in Pittston. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/web1_TTL030618FireFolo2-2.jpg</photo2><caption2>State police investigators are seen Monday at the scene of Sunday&#8217;s house fire on Panama Street in Pittston. </caption2><photoCredit2>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/web1_TTL030618FireFolo4-2.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Ness Marie, of Luna&#8217;s Pizza in Pittston, is planning a fundraiser to help the Chacko family recover after there house fire Sunday.  </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/web1_TTL030618FireFolo4-2.jpg</photo3><caption3>Ness Marie, of Luna&#8217;s Pizza in Pittston, is planning a fundraiser to help the Chacko family recover after there house fire Sunday.  </caption3><photoCredit3>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit3></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Patrick Kernan</p><p>pkernan@www.timesleader.com</p><p>By Aimee Dilger</p><p>adilger@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Patrick Kernan at 570-991-6386 or on Twitter @PatKernan</p></shirttailMeta></div>

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