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1 Hospitalized After Duplex Fire In Central PA: Officials (PHOTOS) 1 Hospitalized After Duplex Fire In Central PA: Officials (PHOTOS)
1 Hospitalized After Duplex Fire In Central PA: Officials (Photos) One person is in the hospital after a fire ripped through a duplex in Cumberland County on Tuesday night, Nov. 5, according to Northeast Fire and Rescue. The blaze broke out in the three-story duplex located in the 200 block of Wyoming Avenue in East Pennsboro Township at 10:52 p.m., officials explained. Crews arrived to find flames shooting out the roof and learned one person was still inside, according to the Northeast Fire and Rescue.  The person was rescued and taken to the hospital, and the fire was marked under control at 11:32 p.m., officials detailed.  The American …

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Flames Shoot Out Chimney Of Lancaster County Home (PHOTOS) Flames Shoot Out Chimney Of Lancaster County Home (PHOTOS)
Flames Shoot Out Chimney Of Lancaster County Home (Photos) Flames shot out of a chimney in Lancaster County early Monday morning, Oct. 28, fire officials announced. The chimney fire broke out in the 200 block of Center Road in East Drumore Township at 5:42 a.m. while Robert Fulton Fire Company crews were already assisting the Quarryville Fire Company on the scene of a four acre wood fire, officials explained. Robert Fulton Truck 57 and Rescue 57 responded from station, and Engine 574 freed up from the woods fire also went to the scene. Truck 57 arrived to find fire from the chimney, contained to the flue with no extension.  The 57 and 89 cre…

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Child Hospitalized, Residents Rescued From York Rowhouse Fire: Chief Child Hospitalized, Residents Rescued From York Rowhouse Fire: Chief
Child Hospitalized, Residents Rescued From York Rowhouse Fire: Chief A child was hospitalized following a row home fire in York County on Wednesday evening, Aug. 21, according to York Area United Fire and Rescue. The call to the two-alarm fire at the row home located at 525 South Albermarle Street in Spring Garden Township came in at 11:35 p.m. according to a release by the York Area United Fire and Rescue Fire Chief Daniel J. Hoff.  The firefighters "arrived to find heavy fire coming from the first-floor," Chief Hoff wrote, adding they also had "reports of people trapped on the second and third floors." Two adults were recused by crews using ladd…

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Firefighters Rescue Child In Car At Parking Lot Outside East Drumore Giant Firefighters Rescue Child In Car At Parking Lot Outside East Drumore Giant
Firefighters Rescue Child In Car At Parking Lot Outside East Drumore Giant Quarryville firefighters rescued a child locked in a car Thursday, Aug. 15.  The company received the call to the child locked in a vehicle at 4:05 p.m. They were found locked in the SUV pictured in the parking lot outside of the Giant grocery store in East Drumore Township.  No injuries were reported. It is not immediately clear how the child ended up locked in the vehicle.  Check back here for possible updates. 

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Lancaster Professor Rescued From Mt. Israel: Officials Lancaster Professor Rescued From Mt. Israel: Officials
Lancaster Professor Rescued From Mt. Israel: Officials An adjunct professor and author from Lancaster, PA who always wanted to go hiking in New Hampshire was rescued while hiking in NH on Monday, New Hampshire Fish and Game announced on Tuesday, July 2.  Cordelia Moyse, 60 of Lancaster, Pennsylvania slipped and injured her leg while hiking the Wentworth Trail of Mount Israel in Sandwich New Hampshire on July 1.  "Moyse was unable to stand or walk so her hiking companion called 911 for assistance" around 11:48 a.m., according to the NHFG.  Emergency crews from Sandwich, Center Harbor, Tamworth, and Moultonborough F…

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