Four families will start the new year homeless following a fire that ripped through an apartment unit in Northampton County Wednesday morning.
"I just sat there watching, saying what the hell is happening," said resident Norman Santiago.
The fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. and ripped through four apartments at 28 Market St. in Bangor.
"It appeared to start on the third floor and it worked its way across and onto the roof," Bangor fire Chief Bob Engle explained.
The families will now start the new year without a home. Aside from a guinea pig, no one was reported injured, but Santiago, a father of three, risked his life to save his 10-year-old pit bull after his daughter alerted him the dog was still inside the home.
"So I went back upstairs to get the dog to come out. One of the doors falls down because of the fire. I go down the steps and I see a tenant underneath me. The door is still closed. I kicked the door open, screaming, 'Alexis! Alexis! what Norman? There's a fire! Oh my gosh!' I came down with the dog and two minutes later she came down," Santiago recalled.
The apartments are a total loss, and recent Christmas presents were destroyed. Santiago is grateful his family is safe but wishes he could have saved one more.
"I kick myself a little bit 'cause I got the dog and the cage was by the door, but I wasn't thinking. I got the dog, but oh, the guinea pig," he lamented.
The fire marshal is still working to determine the cause.
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