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<p>WEST HAZLETON &#8212; A body was discovered during the demolition Tuesday of a double-block residence that was gutted in a weekend fire.</p><p>A Luzerne County deputy coroner was called to the scene as demolition crews found the body at about 10:30 a.m.</p><p>There was no word whether the corpse could be that of Grant Yamulla, 30, who is believed to be a former tenant at the apartment building at 103 E. Green St.</p><p>Luzerne County coroner Bill Lisman said an autopsy will be performed at 10 a.m. Wednesday.</p><p>Yamulla has not been seen since the fire Saturday night. Authorities said family members have been unable to locate or make contact with Yamulla.</p><p>Due to severe damage to the building, crews were unable to enter to search.</p><p>Fire departments from lower Luzerne County and northern Carbon and Schuylkill counties responded to the three-story building that contained five apartments just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The building sustained heavy fire damage that caused the roof to collapse.</p><p>A police officer rescued a woman from the first floor.</p><p>Many of the building&#8217;s tenants, including a few children, took shelter Saturday night at the 4th Street Pub across from the house.</p><p>They were being interviewed by police in the pub&#8217;s dining room while firefighters worked outside to get the blaze under control.</p><p>4th Street owner Marty Beccone saw the fire victims in the freezing cold outside and invited them into his bar-restaurant.</p><p>He also fed them.</p><p>&#8220;We gave them chicken dinners and french fries,&#8221; said Beccone. &#8220;Made coffee, gave them water, then the Red Cross came.&#8221;</p><p>Beccone was also concerned about the firefighters who battled the roaring blaze.</p><p>He said he kept offering them a warm drink, but they initially seemed reluctant.</p><p>Finally, Beccone instructed his staff, &#8220;Make two pots of coffee. Put them on a tray and walk them out there.&#8221;</p><p>In the end, &#8220;We probably made 200 cups of coffee&#8221; for fire crews, he said.</p><p>Beccone was also particularly impressed with one firefighter who was in the middle of the street spraying water on the fire for an hour. When he was done, he was encased in ice.</p><p>He later warmed up inside the pub, thawing out as a puddle formed underneath his fire boots.</p><p>&#8220;I said, &#8220;Buddy, you deserve a lot of credit,&#8221; Beccone recalled.</p><style>
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Coroner called for body discovered in fire-damaged West Hazleton residence