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Connecticut Mom Begs For Help After Stepson She Imprisoned Sets Fire To Home In 911 Call Connecticut Mom Begs For Help After Stepson She Imprisoned Sets Fire To Home In 911 Call
Connecticut Mom Begs For Help After Stepson She Imprisoned Sets Fire To Home In 911 Call A 911 call released to the media this week reveals what was happening inside an alleged house of horrors when a 32-year-old man — who police say had been locked away for two decades — set fire to his home in a desperate bid to escape. Kimberly Sullivan made the 911 call on Feb. 17 when she saw smoke coming from her stepson's bedroom in their Waterbury home on Blake Street, police said. Related: Police Chief Calls Case "Worst Treatment Of Humanity' He's Ever Seen In the recording obtained by CT Insider, Sullivan pleads with 911 dispatchers for firefighters and paramedics to hurry to the sce…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
6-Year-Old Girl, Woman Killed, 8-Year-Old Boy Critical In North Philly Rowhome Fire: Officials 6-Year-Old Girl, Woman Killed, 8-Year-Old Boy Critical In North Philly Rowhome Fire: Officials
6-Year-Old Girl, Woman Killed, 8-Year-Old Boy Critical In North Philly Rowhome Fire: Officials A young girl and a woman were killed, and a boy was left fighting for his life after flames ripped through a North Philadelphia rowhome early Friday, March 14, officials confirmed. Firefighters rushed to the 3000 block of North 4th Street in the Fairhill section around 3:30 a.m., finding the home engulfed in smoke and flames pouring from the basement, authorities said. Two elderly residents were freed from a security cage on the front porch before firefighters charged inside for rescues, Acting Executive Chief Daniel McCarty said. Inside the basement, they found a 6-year-old girl and a…

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by Jillian Pikora
Schools
Fire At Pennsylvania Charter School Sends 4 Staff Members To Hospital, School Thanks Community Fire At Pennsylvania Charter School Sends 4 Staff Members To Hospital, School Thanks Community
Fire At Pennsylvania Charter School Sends 4 Staff Members To Hospital, School Thanks Community La Academia Partnership Charter School is thanking the Lancaster community and first responders after a fire broke out at its building, sending four staff members to the hospital. The fire ignited on the roof of the school at North Ann Street and East Grant Street around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, according to Lancaster City Bureau of Fire Chief Todd Hutchinson. Firefighters arrived to find heavy flames on the rooftop, and smoke was seen billowing from the structure. All students were safely evacuated and taken to Resurrection Catholic Church for pickup. The school later issued a stat…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Lancaster Mom Launches Fundraiser After Arson-Suicide Kills Husband, Injures Family Lancaster Mom Launches Fundraiser After Arson-Suicide Kills Husband, Injures Family
Lancaster Mom Launches Fundraiser After Arson-Suicide Kills Husband, Injures Family A Lancaster Township woman has started a GoFundMe after her husband died in an arson-suicide that left two of their sons and a family guest critically injured. Sophan Duong, the wife of Simon Hen, created the fundraiser to support her family after the Sunday, Jan. 19 fire that destroyed their home on Wilderness Road. The fire, sparked during a domestic dispute, began when Hen, 46, poured gasoline throughout the upstairs of the house and set it ablaze, police said. He died at the scene from smoke inhalation and thermal burns, according to Lancaster County Coroner Eric Bieber. Hen’s two …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
3 Cats Killed In Lititz Mobile Home Fire: Police (PHOTOS) 3 Cats Killed In Lititz Mobile Home Fire: Police (PHOTOS)
3 Cats Killed In Lititz Mobile Home Fire: Police (Photos) A mobile home in Lititz was destroyed in an early morning fire that left three cats dead and sent one woman to the hospital, police announced. The blaze broke out in the Twin Brook Mobile Home Development on Earl Lane at 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said. When officers and firefighters arrived, the mobile home was fully engulfed in flames. A female resident managed to escape and was transported to a local hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation, according to police. Tragically, three cats were unable to make it out and perished. Photos from t…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Mom Dies In Fatal Berks County Apartment Fire, Community Rallies To Help Family Mom Dies In Fatal Berks County Apartment Fire, Community Rallies To Help Family
Mom Dies In Fatal Berks County Apartment Fire, Community Rallies To Help Family After the death of a Berks County mom in an apartment fire, the community has rallied to help her grieving family. Amy Valentine couldn't escape from her burning apartment building in the 3400 block of Kutztown Road in Muhlenberg Township on Friday, Nov. 1, a GoFundMe campaign started by Valentine's daughter, Lexi Shuey, states. "I'm raising funds for my mom's funeral. These are words no child should ever have to say," Shuey said on the campaign page.  Valentine had a partial handicap and lived alone when the fire tore through her apartment building, according to Shuey. The cause…

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by Merriell Moyer
Police & Fire
Police Identify Victim In Fatal Bucks County Fire Police Identify Victim In Fatal Bucks County Fire
Police Identify Victim In Fatal Bucks County Fire One man has died after a mobile home in Bensalem caught fire on Friday, June 7, according to police.  Authorities said they were called to Top of the Ridge Trailer Park, 1446 Gibson Road, around 5 p.m. One mobile home was "fully engulfed in flames" and another had also caught fire by the time they arrived.  Joseph Stadler, 45, was found dead inside one of the homes after firefighters put out the flames, Bensalem police said. No other residents were injured, but a firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation, officials said.  Bensalem Township Fire Rescue said the fire starte…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Man ID'd After Fatal Fire In Pottstown: Coroner Man ID'd After Fatal Fire In Pottstown: Coroner
Man ID'd After Fatal Fire In Pottstown: Coroner A 53-year-old man died after the early morning blaze in Pottstown on Thursday, May 30, according to officials.  Bradley Ludwig died from complications of thermal burns and smoke inhalation, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The manner of death was ruled accidental.  Authorities have said the fire broke out on the fifth floor of the Robert P. Smith Towers, 501 High Street, just after 6 a.m. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation. 

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Early Morning Pottstown Fire Sends 5 To Hospital, Officials Say Early Morning Pottstown Fire Sends 5 To Hospital, Officials Say
Early Morning Pottstown Fire Sends 5 To Hospital, Officials Say Multiple residents are being treated for injuries and smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in Pottstown on Thursday, May 30.  First responders were called to the Robert P. Smith Towers, 501 High Street, just after 6 a.m., according to borough officials.  They arrived to find a blaze on the fifth floor and began "rescue and fire suppression efforts," authorities said.  The state police and Pottstown borough fire marshals are investigating the cause. 

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by Mac Bullock