Linda Stuckley watched in sheer horror as smoke billowed from an apartment complex up the street from where she lives in Lehighton.

All she could do was wonder if her brother was inside the building that initially caught fire late Sunday night.“I looked out my bedroom window and said to my husband, ‘You got to get up, that place is on fire again,’” Stuckley said. “We thought it was out.”Stuckley said she heard the sirens go off and saw firetrucks stopping at the end of the block where her brother lived.She said she thought, “I hope he didn’t go to bed.”Fortunately for Stuckley, her brother, Pete Colaviti, was OK.“We were just thrilled he wasn’t in bed,” she said. “My husband, James, got his coat on and went looking for him to make sure he was out of there.”Nine people were displaced from the apartment complex that was ravaged by the fire.Borough Fire Chief Patrick Mriss said the blaze originally broke out around 11 p.m. Sunday at 256 N. Second St. Fire crews were on scene until after 3 a.m. Monday.They were then called back for a rekindle at 8 a.m. Monday, as a sea of firefighters from various counties remained on scene most of the day.Mriss said Monday two firefighters had weather-related injuries.The cause of the fire remains under investigation and is being looked into by a state fire marshal.Colaviti, a maintenance worker for Pencor Services Inc., is temporarily staying with Stuckley and her husband at their home on North Second Street.“He’s just glad everyone made it out. He was thrilled,” Stuckley said. “Material things can be replaced, but human beings cannot.”Stuckley added, “He’s a good guy. He would do anything for anybody.”Stuckley said Colaviti gave away two of his coats to others who lived in the building after the fire.The fire not only destroyed the seven-unit apartment building, but also resulted in roads being closed off, and left nearby homes without power.Borough Manager Nicole Beckett lauded all those who assisted.“Thank you to our exceptional fire department, along with the surrounding communities for assisting,” Beckett said. “Thank you to anybody who had provided supplies to the fire departments.”Beckett said, “We’re working with the property owner to have the property demolished immediately.”Shirley Stamm, who owns the apartment complex, said it was hard to see the building go.“We’re just happy that everyone was able to get out safely,” Stamm said.The fire is close to the site of the blaze that broke out Nov. 24 at three structures on North Second Street that displaced 18 people.