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Police & Fire
Wake Up Call: First Responders Rescue Sleeping Resident In Slatington House Fire
A Lehigh County resident had a rude awakening Thursday morning when they got out of bed to find their house on fire. First responders in Slatington heard reports of a house fire on the 100 block of Fifth Street at about 8:30 a.m. on May 18, borough police wrote in a release. Officer Anthony Ballerini, who is also a volunteer firefighter, arrived at the scene and found smoke billowing from the second floor, authorities said. When bystanders told him a resident was still inside, Ballerini made his way upstairs and found a person sleeping in the bedroom right next door to the fire,…
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Baby Trapped In Crib Dies In Berks County House Fire
A 1-year-old girl trapped in her crib died in a Berks County house fire over the weekend, officials said. Crews responded to the blaze on Philadelphia Avenue in Cumru Township around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, May 13. The flames had spread to surrounding homes and all occupants were evacuated, except for the baby, who was found dead in her crib on the third floor of one of the homes despite rescue efforts, 6abc reports. The cause has been preliminarily identified as an electrical issue.
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Victims ID'd In Deadly Montco House Fire, But Cause Still Unclear
Officials in Montgomery County are still working to identify the cause of the early morning house fire that killed one man and one woman in Hatfield on Friday, May 12. The Hatfield Volunteer Fire Company was called to the home, 2873 Washington Lane, at about 4:20 a.m., they wrote in a release Friday afternoon. Dispatchers advised that the blaze on the first floor had trapped two people upstairs, the Company said. Firefighters arrived within minutes to find "heavy fire conditions" on the house's front side, with only three of the five residents having escaped, the release says. T…
Police & Fire
Bucks Fire Crews Beat Back Early Morning Blaze At Mobile Home Park
Bucks County firefighters spent the early morning hours on Friday, May 12 extinguishing a house fire at a Lower Southampton trailer park. Crews were called just before 3 a.m. to the Eastern Dawn Mobile Home Park, 2304 Brownsville Road in Feasterville-Trevose, said Lower Southampton Fire Department. They arrived to find fire coming from the roof of a home. Firefighters from the Feasterville, Trevose, Parkland, Langhorne-Middletown, Newport, and Southampton companies responded to the scene to provide assistance, the department said. Last night Squrt 44 responded into the 6-05 box for…
Police & Fire
First Responders Fight House Fire In Freemansburg
Multiple fire departments responded to the scene of a two-alarm house fire in Freemansburg Borough, authorities announced early on Wednesday, April 26. Freemansburg Fire Company was dispatched to a home on the 400 block of Roosevelt Street around 9:30 a.m., officials said. Area residents were asked to avoid the area to make way for emergency vehicles. ATTENTION RESIDENTS We are currently being dispatch for a dwelling fire on the 400 block of Roosevelt St. Please stay clear of this area as numerous mutual aide depts will be coming in. Posted by Freemansburg Fire Company on Wednesday…
Police & Fire
Gunman Set Own House On Fire, Shot First Responders: Chesco DA
The man who allegedly shot at state police during a Chester County house fire is now charged with attempted murder, and authorities believe he set the blaze himself. Nicholas Valenti, 59, was shot and wounded by troopers at his burning home on rural Isabella Road in West Nantmeal Township on April 3, Daily Voice has reported. State police said they heard gunshots as they approached the fire, and saw Valenti "standing in the driveway holding a firearm" when they got close. After he "failed to obey verbal commands," a trooper shot him with a rifle, the agency claimed. …
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Troopers Shot Armed Man At Scene Of Chesco House Fire, DA Says
A man is in "critical but stable condition" after he was shot by state troopers at the scene of a house fire in Chester County late on Monday, April 3, prosecutors say. It started at 7:30 p.m., when first responders were called to a residential blaze on rural Isabella Road in West Nantmeal Township, said the Chester County District Attorney's Office in a statement. Among the agencies to respond was the Pennsylvania State Police, who noted the home was "fully engulfed in flames" when they arrived, the DA's Office continued. As troopers made their way toward the burning hom…
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Man Dies In Delco Apartment Fire
A 54-year-old man died in a Radnor house fire Sunday, April 2, authorities said. A fire broke out at a home on Louella Court where a 54-year-old man was trapped around 1 a.m., the fire department said. Crews arrived to find flames in an apartment on the first floor. The man was removed by firefighters and taken to Bryn Mawr Hospital, where he died. Units remained on scene completing extinguishment and overhaul. The scene was cleared just after 4 a.m. All RFC personnel returned to the station a little after 4am to clean equipment and place the Company back in service. The investigat…
Police & Fire
Pottstown Fire Erupts In Flames Near Scene Of Deadly Home Explosion
Firefighters worked the scene of a two-alarm blaze in Pottstown early on Tuesday just steps away from the site of a deadly explosion that killed four children and their great-aunt last year. The two-alarm blaze happened at around 4:15 a.m. on March 21, affecting two empty homes and a "roll-off dumpster," said the Limerick Fire Department's Station 51. Footage from the scene recorded by area resident Antonio Gallardo showed multiple fire companies on Hale Street near the intersection with Jefferson Avenue as smoke billowed from a dumpster. The Gilbertsville company said they were on the…
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Woman Killed In Weekend Perkasie House Fire
A woman was killed in a house fire in Perkasie Borough early Sundday, March 12, officials announced. Police and fire crews were dispatched to Parkridge Court at about 10:40 a.m. for an active blaze, authorities said in a release. First responders made their way inside to find a single victim alone in an upstairs bedroom. The woman, a 75-year-old whose name has not been revealed, had suffered smoke inhalation and was pronounced dead at the scene, borough police said. Perkasie firefighters and their colleagues from the Sellersville Fire Company remained at the scene for about thre…
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Firefighter Falls 25 Feet From Roof Of Burning Home In Philadelphia
A Philadelphia firefighter remains hospitalized with multiple injuries after falling from a roof at the scene of a house fire, according to those close to him. Randy Ballinger of PFD's Ladder 13 and his colleagues were called to a burning rowhome in Southwest Philly where victims were trapped inside early on Saturday, Feb. 25, his loved ones wrote on GoFundMe. But while performing "roof operations" on the second floor, Ballinger lost his balance and fell two stories to the ground, 25 feet below. At a nearby trauma center, doctors found the fireman had suffered a concussion, a collapsed lu…
Obituaries
11-Year-Old Boy ID'd After PA Fire Is Donating Organs, Family Says
An 11-year-old boy who "would give the shirt off his back" to anyone in need has been identified after a fire at a home his parents were renovating, according to his family. David Wayne Becker of Greensburg was pulled from the house fire on Route 819 near Mayo Road just before 9 p.m. on Feb. 10, authorities say. A thermal imaging camera was used to find David Wayne in the home, then first responders gave him CPR before he was flown to a Pittsburgh area hospital, according to multiple fire departments statements at press conferences on Friday. "We had a neighbor lady that came across …
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