PA Hotel Fire Report: No Fire Inspections Since 2017, Firefighter Injury Detailed

Kurt Bresswein – The Express-Times

A federal investigative report details how a seven-year veteran firefighter sustained serious injuries in the Feb. 20 fire that destroyed the Hotel Hampton boarding house in Downtown Easton.

Investigators found the building had not undergone a fire-safety inspection since 2017 due to limited staffing in the Easton code enforcement office, according to the 30-page National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) report…

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