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West Easton Fire: No Known Injuries, But Power Outages Remain
Nearly six hours after fire departments throughout the Lehigh Valley responded to a major blaze at a West Easton Borough warehouse early Tuesday, April 4, officials say there are no reported injuries. The four-alarm fire broke out around 5 a.m., and multiple departments were dispatched to the scene. 5331 was alerted at 5:15am this morning for a 4 alarm fire in West Easton Borough. 5331 is currently involved in the water shuttle. Posted by Hecktown Volunteer Fire Co. #1 on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Tower 2521 is on a large multi alarm commercial fire in West Easton. Posted by Forks T…
Police & Fire
I-78 Accident: Tractor-Trailer Fire Slows Traffic In Lehigh Valley
Expect delays and detours on I-78 in Lehigh County as first responders work to extinguish a tractor-trailer fire, warn state police. It happened in the westbound lane, said Trooper Nathan Branosky on Twitter. PennDOT traffic cameras showed a cloud of smoke billowing from a large vehicle near Exit 51 on Tuesday morning. Westbound traffic was being detoured to Exit 53/State Route 309 as firefighters worked the scene, Branosky said. The eastbound lanes remained open with delays expected, he added. It's not clear what caused the fire, and troopers have not reported any injuri…
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: Aging Career Criminal Gets 16 Years In Bizarre Murder-For-Hire Of NJ Politico
An aging Connecticut ex-con would have to turn 90 to taste freedom again after he was sentenced for stabbing a political consultant to death and then torching his Jersey City apartment in a murder-for-hire hit with a longtime crony from Philadelphia. The odds are stacked against George Bratsenis, 74, of Monroe, who reportedly has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cancer. There's also no parole in the federal prison system. Unless he’s granted a compassionate release for health reasons, Bratsenis will have to serve just about all of the plea-bargained 16-year sentence approved by …
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Catholic School Shifts To Remote Learning After 4-Alarm Fire
Students at a Philadelphia Catholic school will be learning remotely following a four-alarm fire. Flames broke out at the Our Mother of Consolation School on E. Chestnut Hill Ave., around 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21. Additional photos of the scene from PFD Commissioner @ThielAdam pic.twitter.com/sHw3qMqe73 — Philadelphia Fire (@PhillyFireDept) March 21, 2023 A fourth alarm was called around 40 minutes later. No students were injured, however, multiple classrooms were damaged and the building is no inhabitable. "This moment in time is a challenging one. Our first priority is to en…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Amish View Inn Reopened The Same Day It Caught Fire
Three people— including a firefighter— were injured in an early morning fire at a hotel in Lancaster County on Thursday, February 23, 2023, but that afternoon the business had reopened, a spokesperson told Daily Voice. Guests had used sheets to climb out of the AmishView Inn and Suites in the 3100 block of Philadelphia Pike in Leacock Township, at 2:40 a.m. fire officials say. Tom Neely, CEO has released the following statement about the fire: “We are so thankful that emergency services arrived quickly with plenty of equipment and got the fire under control rapidly. We are gra…
Police & Fire
Sheets Tied Together To Escape Amish View Inn Fire, Injuring Three— Including Firefighter: FD
Three people— including a firefighter— were injured in an early morning fire at a hotel in Lancaster County on Thursday, February 23, 2023, authorities say. Sheets were quickly tied together and used as ladders as guests climb out of the Amish View Inn and Suites in the 3100 block of Philadelphia Pike in Leacock Township, at 2:40 a.m. fire officials say. The hotel was 60% occupied with 110 guests when a vending/ice machine on the first floor appeared to start the blaze— filling the hotel with thick smoke. As the smokey haze billowed up to the third floor, guests crawled on the floor, br…
Police & Fire
Crews Battle Flames In Montco: Officials
Firefighters were called to the scene of a bathroom blaze in Schwenksville Borough on Thursday, officials announced. First responders were called to a building on the 700 block of Main Street near the intersection with Park Avenue just after noon on Feb. 2 for reports of "a fire in the bathroom" with "lots of smoke," said Perkiomen Township Fire Company on Facebook. At 12:06pm Thursday, Engine 66, Tanker 66 and an all-volunteer crew were dispatched as mutual aid to the 700-block of... Posted by Perkiomen Township Fire Company on Thursday, February 2, 2023 Crews hauled a line up to the…
Police & Fire
West Philly Rowhome Fire Displaces 3
A two-alarm blaze at a West Philadelphia rowhome left three people and one pet displaced on Sunday, Jan. 22, fire officials announced. The blaze began at about 10 p.m. on the 5600 block of Pemberton Street in the city's Cobbs Creek neighborhood. Firefighters battled flames for over an hour before the inferno was brought under control, the department said. PFD members rescued, treated and transported one person from this 2-alarm fire, which took more than an hour to place under control Sunday night in Cobbs Creek. At least three people and a pet have been displaced. Many thanks to our …
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13-Year-Old Killed In Reading Fire, Officials Say
An early morning fire in Reading has left a 13-year-old girl dead and a 64-year-old man seriously injured, authorities have announced. Fire officials were called to the 600 block of Summit Avenue at about 4 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21 for a reported structure fire, the department said in a release. Firefighters located both victims inside the home, authorities wrote. The man was rushed to Reading Hospital where he remains in critical condition, while the girl was pronounced dead at the scene. Her identity was not reported. The cause of the blaze is under investigation, officials …
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PA Toddler Killed, Four Firefighters Injured, Community Raises $75K+ For Girl's Family
A girl has died, four firefighters were hurt, and a family lost their home to a massive fire on Friday, January 13 but one week later over $75,000 has been raised to help the family. Shaler Township first responders were called to the house fire at 750 Fall Run Road on Friday at 9:45 p.m., according to a release by the police. Five people were inside the home when the fire broke out and quickly spread throughout with "flames were visible coming from the house,” police state in the release. Two residents were transported by ambulance and two others were transported to the hospital by a p…
Police & Fire
Firemen Battle Two-Alarm Blaze In Allentown
Firefighters in Allentown responded to a two-alarm blaze on Walnut Street early Wednesday, Jan. 11, the department announced. The fire began around 4:30 a.m. on the 1500 block, officials said on social media. AFD is operating in the 1500 block of Walnut at a dwelling fire. pic.twitter.com/Mc4OPpLy02 — Allentown Fire Department (@AllentownFD) January 11, 2023 The blaze appears to have affected both units in a duplex apartment, and the Red Cross was called to assist displaced residents, WFMZ reports. Fire department officials were not immediately available to comment on the cause of th…
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