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<p>KINGSTON &#8212; One woman was displaced from her home after a two-alarm blaze scorched the right side of a residence at Wright Avenue and Hoyt Street Wednesday night.</p><p>&#8220;The fire started on the outside on the first floor and worked its way to the second floor before reaching the attic,&#8221; said Kingston Fire Chief Frank Guido. &#8220;We were able to vent it through the window in the attic.&#8221;</p><p>Crews responded to the home just after 7:30 p.m. Guido said the owner was not home at the time of the blaze.</p><p>&#8220;She (the owner) was out of the house since 10 a.m.,&#8221; the chief noted. &#8220;We did save a cat.&#8221;</p><p>The structure sustained moderate damage and is unlivable for the foreseeable future, according to Guido.</p><p>The owner declined help from the American Red Cross, he said.</p><p>Fire crews from Forty-Fort, Edwardsville and Hanover Township assisted Kingston fire crews.</p><p>Unable to say what started the flames, Guido only offered that the cause is &#8220;under investigation.&#8221;</p><p>Officers were observed entering the charred structure with their flashlights out while being escorted by Kingston Fire Department chiefs.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Crews are seen at a smoky two-alarm house fire in Kingston on Wednesday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/web1_dan_kingston_fire-2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Crews are seen at a smoky two-alarm house fire in Kingston on Wednesday night. </caption0><photoCredit0>Dan Stokes | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Dan Stokes</p><p>dstokes@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

One displaced, cat rescued in Kingston house fire