Crews were called to the 800 block of Myrtle Street in Scranton around 8:30 p.m. Thursday for a duplex fire that left five displaced and both units condemned.

SCRANTON, Pa. — Five people are displaced after a fire left a Scranton duplex condemned on Thursday night. 

The Scranton Fire Department was called to the 800 block of Myrtle Street around 8:30 p.m. Thursday for a fire that spread through both units of a duplex, leaving them condemned. 

Five people living in the duplex were displaced; the Red Cross was called to the scene. 

Fire investigators from Scranton are on scene investigating the cause as of 10:15 p.m. Thursday.