Search underway for person seen leaving fire at another house in Gouldsboro
Apr. 15—LEHIGH TWP. — Police are searching for a person seen leaving the scene of a fire Saturday afternoon at a house on Main Street in the Gouldsboro section, authorities said.
The fire heavily damaged 573 Main St. at the corner of Lehigh Road, directly across Main Street from the former Gouldsboro Inn at 572 Main St. that was damaged by fire Friday, and 300 feet away from an unoccupied home that burned Wednesday.
On Friday, Pennsylvania State Police said they believed the fires on Wednesday and Friday were set by an arsonist.
Investigators released a photo Friday of a "person of interest" captured by a home video surveillance system at one of the fire scenes, state police said. The photo depicts a thin, bearded man in a hooded sweatshirt. He appears to have something hidden underneath his sweatshirt.
On Saturday, the fire at the run-down structure at 573 Main St. was reported at 2:18 p.m., and a witness saw someone leaving the scene of that blaze, said Police Communications Operator Daniel Police of the Pennsylvania State Police in Honesdale.
Several police units and agencies responded to the scene trying to find the suspect, he said.
The suspect had not been found as of late Saturday night, authorities said.
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