Old home town – 25 years ago today

A 10-member investigation team continued its search for the cause of a weekend fire that took the lives of a Lawrence couple. Earl Pope, 55, and his wife, Audrey, 56 had died of smoke inhalation. The two fatalities constituted the worst fire tragedy here since Dec. 15, 1977, when an explosion and fire tore through a building at 747 Mass. and claimed two lives.