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<p>HANOVER TWP. &#8212; A recently married couple and a 2-year-old girl died as a result of a fire at a triple-block residence in the Lee Park section of the township early Monday morning.</p><p>Fire Chief Joseph Temarantz Jr. said firefighters quickly responded to 19 Little St. before 3 a.m. knowing there were people trapped inside the burning residence. Firefighters rushed inside and removed three unresponsive people who were transported to different hospitals in the area, Temarantz said.</p><p>Other people inside 19 Little St. &#8212; Michael Ferrera, his girlfriend and stepson &#8212; and those who lived inside the middle residence, 17 1/2 Little St., and the other end unit, 17 Little St., escaped unharmed.</p><p>Luzerne County Coroner William Lisman said Jonathan Crossley, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife, Julia Crossley, 27, died at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, and her daughter, 2-year-old Riley Ferrera, died a Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, Lisman said.</p><p>Lisman said Julia Crossley was pregnant but did not know how far along she was. Julia Crossley&#8217;s other child, Jasper, 1, was flown to Lehigh Valley Medical Center near Allentown for injuries.</p><p><strong>Heavy smoke</strong></p><p>Riley&#8217;s father, Michael Ferrera, who lived on the first floor of 19 Little St. with his girlfriend and stepson, said he woke up to heavy smoke. Michael Ferrera said he attempted to wake up Jonathan and Julia on the second floor but was pushed back by flames and black smoke.</p><p>&#8220;My girlfriend woke me up yelling there was smoke. I was screaming and tried to get into those rooms to get my daughter (Riley) and my friends up there and I couldn&#8217;t get up there. The smoke was hot and I couldn&#8217;t get up there,&#8221; Michael Ferrera said outside the fire scene.</p><p>Jonathan and Julia were married earlier this year.</p><p>Joe Flis, who resides several houses away on Little Street, said 19 Little St. was vacant for about six months before people moved in about a week ago. He estimated at least nine people lived inside 19 Little St.</p><p>&#8220;To have this happen just before the holidays, it&#8217;s heart-wrenching,&#8221; Flis said.</p><p>Property records list George Oschal as owner of the triple-block residence. He&#8217;s the father of Julia Crossley.</p><p>A state police deputy fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire, and it was not immediately known whether autopsies will be performed.</p><p>Firefighters from Ashley and Nanticoke assisted at the scene. </p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A state police officer is seen outside 19 Little St. in Hanover Township, where three people died following an early-morning house fire on Monday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL121118fatalfire2-3.jpg</photo0><caption0>A state police officer is seen outside 19 Little St. in Hanover Township, where three people died following an early-morning house fire on Monday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL121118fatalfire3-3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Firefighters are seen working at the scene of a fatal fire in this triple-block home on Little Street in Hanover Township Monday morning. The blaze broke our before 3 a.m., leaving three people dead. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/web1_TTL121118fatalfire3-3.jpg</photo1><caption1>Firefighters are seen working at the scene of a fatal fire in this triple-block home on Little Street in Hanover Township Monday morning. The blaze broke our before 3 a.m., leaving three people dead. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Hanover Twp. fire leaves three dead</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div>

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‘Heart-wrenching’ Hanover Twp. fire leaves three dead