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SHAMOKIN — The Shamokin Fire Bureau and Coal Township Fire Department will recognize Fire Prevention Week (Sunday through Saturday, Oct. 14) with an apparatus parade and display on Monday.
Shamokin area man killed in garage fire while working on a motorcycle Updated Mar 08, 2021; SHAMOKIN – A Shamokin area man perished Monday in a garage fire that officials said was caused by gasoline igniting. Shawn Guschel, 41, of West Lynn Street in Coal Twp., was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:12 a.m. Northumberland County Coroner James F. Kelley listed the cause of death as carbon monoxide toxicity. Coal Twp. Fire Chief Russ Feese told The News-Item in Shamokin that Guschel was working on a motorcycle in the garage at the rear of his home when the blaze broke out. He was unable to ge...