HONESDALE, PA – A fire broke out at ProJan Professional Cleaning & Restoration on the corner of Dennis Rd. and Cochecton Turnpike in Honesdale early Thursday morning, reducing the business to rubble.

There are no injuries and all eight employees were at home at the time the fire was reported. As of presstime, the fire was ruled as accidental, and it remains under investigation by the fire marshal.

“By the time we arrived, the building was fully engulfed in flames,” said Assistant Chief of the Equinunk Volunteer Fire Company Dan Gill, “we got the call at around 1:30 a.m. and it wasn’t completely put out until around 5:30 this morning.”

Assisting the Equinunk Volunteer Fire Company at the scene or on standby were Damascus EMS, the Honesdale Fire Department, White Mills Fire Department, Prompton Fire Company, Seelyville Fire Company, Callicoon Fire Department, Lake Huntington Fire Department, Hortonville Fire Company, Pleasant Mount Emergency Services, Beach Lake Fire Company, Wayne County EMA, Hancock Fire Department, and the White Lake Fire Company. The Equinunk Volunteer Fire Company also thanked Rutledge Excavating for use of their excavator.

ProJan has been a family- owned business for over 40 years. They specialize in cleaning and restoring items that are damaged by fire and water. The team plans to resume their projects as soon as possible, helping community members also affected by fires. Managerial tasks will be conducted remotely until they rebuild.
“We are all in shock,” said ProJan Project Manager Chad Kilhullen. “We lost absolutely everything, but we are going to get through this as a team.”