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By LISA SCHEID; Times Leader Staff Writer
 Wednesday, December 23, 1992 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 1D QUICK WORDS: PLAINS TWP. FIRE 





PLAINS TWP. -- Six-year-old Ryan Everett shrieked and covered his eyes when
he saw smoke coming from his family's home at the corner of Williams and
Delaware Streets Tuesday night. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "Don't cry baby. Those things happen," said a neighbor woman embracing the
boy. Ryan's mother, Charlene, rushed to survey the damage. Her hands were
shaking. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Thank God nobody was hurt," said Joann Kelly, the Everetts' cousin and
landlord. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Ryan, his two older sisters and mother had washed a few clothes and left
the single home about an hour before the blaze. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Luckily about half of the family's belongings were spared because they were
being moved to the Everetts' new home in the Miners Mills section of
Wilkes-Barre. A handful of holiday gifts on the second floor were damaged by
smoke. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "We were just here an hour ago washing clothes, and nothing was wrong,"
said 14-year-old Kim Compton. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 While the Everetts were a few miles away setting up a Christmas tree,
neighbors heard a loud noise nearby. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "I heard a big boom, and then the whole side of the house was on fire,"
said a young man with shoulder-length hair who declined to give his name. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Everetts learned about the fire when their cousins called. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Today, state police will investigate the cause of the blaze, which began on
the back porch and engulfed the kitchen, sending smoke throughout the house. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 About eight Plains Township firefighters were returning from a fire in
Laflin when they were called to the Williams Street blaze, said Chief Joseph
Hoinski. He praised the firefighters attack against the fire from the inside
of the building. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Rescue crews brought floodlights to help firefighters see in the dark
street. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Kelly, of Sloper Street, was joined by family members as she watched
firefighters flood smoldering embers underneath the back porch. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She talked about her plans to renovate the building after her cousins moved
out. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "I was going to change the windows," Kelly said.

Fire Hits House In Plains Twp