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Arson-Suicide: PA Dad Dies Attempting To Kill Family Coroner Releases Details (UPDATE) Arson-Suicide: PA Dad Dies Attempting To Kill Family Coroner Releases Details (UPDATE)
Arson-Suicide: PA Dad Dies Attempting To Kill Family Coroner Releases Details (Update) A Lancaster Township man poured gasoline throughout his home and set it ablaze during a domestic dispute early Sunday, Jan. 19, killing himself and critically injuring three others, including his sons and a family guest, police announced. Simon Hen, 46, died of smoke inhalation and thermal burns after the fire, and his death was ruled a suicide, Lancaster County Coroner Eric Bieber confirmed Monday, Jan. 20. Hen returned to his home on Wilderness Road at approximately 2:30 a.m., enraged over his impending separation from his 42-year-old wife, according to Lancaster Township Police. Inside…

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Man ID'd After Lancaster Apartment Fire Displaces 22: Officials (VIDEOS) Man ID'd After Lancaster Apartment Fire Displaces 22: Officials (VIDEOS)
Man ID'd After Lancaster Apartment Fire Displaces 22: Officials (Videos) A 69-year-old man, a dog, and a cat died in an apartment complex fire that displaced 22 other residents on Sunday, Aug. 11, the Lancaster County Coroner's office announced the following morning.  Charles Knicely, 59, 675 Wyncroft Lane, Kensington Club Apartments off Wabank Road was pronounced dead at his home at 6:54 p.m.  Emergency crews were called to the complex at 4:39 p.m., the Lancaster Township Fire Department explained in a release.  "Heavy flames" were coming from apartment 8 when firefighters arrived.  "Due to historically low water pressure in the compl…

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Fatal Fire Victim ID'd: Lancaster County Coroner (PHOTOS) Fatal Fire Victim ID'd: Lancaster County Coroner (PHOTOS)
Fatal Fire Victim ID'd: Lancaster County Coroner (Photos) A man has died after a fire broke out in his Central Pennsylvania home on Friday morning, the Lancaster County Coroner announced that afternoon.  Robert Enochs, 65 of 102 Froelich Avenue Mountville Borough, died in the emergency department of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital at 4:40 a.m. on March 29, 2024, the Lancaster County Coroner's Office stated in a release.  The investigating coroner initially "noted thermal injuries," as stated in the release.  Following an autopsy at the county forensic center the same morning as the fire, his official cause of death wa…

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Fatal Motorcycle Crash Closed Lancaster Roadway For 4 Hours Fatal Motorcycle Crash Closed Lancaster Roadway For 4 Hours
Fatal Motorcycle Crash Closed Lancaster Roadway For 4 Hours A motorcycle crash left one man dead in Lancaster on Friday, according to Manheim Township police. Crash at Stone Mill Plaza in Lancaster.Lancaster Township Fire Department A blue Suzuki motorcycle collided with a black 2011 Toyota Corolla at the intersection of 1360 Columbia Avenue and Jackson Drive at Stone Mill Plaza at 12:10 p.m. The car involved in the fatal motorcycle crash at Stone Mill Plaza in Lancaster.Lancaster Township Fire Department The man who drove the motorcycle sustained life threatening injuries and later died at a hospital, according to authorities. Firefighters …

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Firefighter Injured, 4 Residents Displaced In Lancaster Fire Firefighter Injured, 4 Residents Displaced In Lancaster Fire
Firefighter Injured, 4 Residents Displaced In Lancaster Fire Two people-- including a firefighter-- were injured in a fire Lancaster on Friday night. Lancaster Township Fire Department responded to the house fire in the first block of Pickford Drive around 10:30 p.m. The fire started in the kitchen, spread to the attic and to the neighbor's house, according to officials. The Red Cross assisted three adults, a child and their pets with food, blankets and shelter. The estimated cost of the damage has not been made public.

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Car Slams Into Lancaster Home, Parking In Living Room (Photos) Car Slams Into Lancaster Home, Parking In Living Room (Photos)
Car Slams Into Lancaster Home, Parking In Living Room (Photos) A car crashed into a Lancaster home Thursday afternoon, according to Lancaster Township Fire Department. A 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser crashed into the carriage house of the Colonial Apartments at 1010 Columbia Avenue shortly before 4 p.m. The cruiser slammed through the entire first floor of the home, which was being used as converted living space. Firefighters Gene Gallagher and Devin Ashba quickly extricated the driver through the passenger side door to awaiting Lancaster EMS medics who removed them through the home’s side entrance. The collapse team deemed the building safe to enter. …

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