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Vehicle Fire
Police & Fire
Sedan Fire Closed US Rt 222 In Ephrata: Officials (
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A third vehicle fire was reported on a major highway in Central Pennsylvania on Thursday morning. A four-door sedan caught fire on Route 222 North shortly before 8 a.m. on Dec. 14, according to a release by West Earl Fire Station 29. Volunteer firefighters took Engine 29-1 to the and quickly extinguished the fire, officials with the station explained. The vehicle fire briefly closed the roadway just south of the Ephrata Exit. No injuries were reported. Two other vehicles caught fire on Interstate 81. Click here to see the dramatic photos.
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Multi-Vehicle Fires Closed I-81: PennDOT (
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At least two vehicles caught fire on Interstate 81 in Central Pennsylvania on Thursday morning. The incident appears to have started when a tractor-trailer attempted to pull on the right shoulder on I-81 near Exit 37: Newville in Penn Township around 6:15 a.m. on Dec. 14, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. As it got into the shoulder it quickly became "engulfed in flames," Schreffler said. Another car in the shoulder in front of the tractor-trailer also became engulfed, but all the drivers were able to get out of the vehicles and be evaluated by…
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Tractor Trailer Fire Shuts I-81
A tractor trailer fire closed all lanes of Interstate 81 in Dauphin County Tuesday night, Sept. 5. The incident happened on the northbound side at mile post 81 in Grantville (East Hanover). UPDATE: Vehicle fire on I-81 northbound at Mile Post: 81.0. All lanes closed. — 511PA Harrisburg (@511PAHarrisburg) September 6, 2023 The highway reopened after an hour.
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Four Dogs In Van On Fire Driven To Fire Station In New Cumberland, Police Say
Fire department typically goes to a fire, but this time the fire came to the station, according to New Cumberland police. A vehicle ablaze barreled towards the station on Friday, March 31, 2023, around 12:11 p.m., the police explained in the release. The driver reported noticed their van smoking with their four dogs were inside so the driver drove to help, and thankfully they reached the New Cumberland Fire Department safely and no humans or dogs were harmed. The police department called the situation a "fire dash," jokingly making the following comment: "There…
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Man Thrown From Truck In Fiery Rollover York County Crash Dies: Coroner
A man died at the scene of a fiery crash on Tuesday, authorities say. The unidentified man veered off the 4900 block of East Berlin Road in Paradise Township losing control on Dec. 20, around 8:45 p.m., according to a release the following morning by the York County coroner. The man (who was the only person in the truck) was thrown from the truck after it rolled over multiple times, and the extent of his initial injury was not released, officials say. Once the truck came to a rest, the truck caught fire, according to authorities. The man was pronounced dead "despite life-s…
Police & Fire
Street Racing Driver Nabbed In Head-On Lehigh Valley Crash Faces Felony Charges: Police
A street racing driver that police say caused a fiery head-on crash in the Lehigh Valley area is facing felony charges. Nyjah A. Golphin, 24, was charged with felony aggravated assault by vehicle, reckless endangerment, racing on highways, and several other motor vehicle offenses, Palmer Township Police said in a release on Tuesday, Oct. 11. The charges stem from a head-on crash near Vanburen Road on Main Street in Palmer Township on Saturday, May 21, police said. Emergency crews responded and found an unconscious man trapped in a vehicle that was on fire. A follow-up investigation and ex…
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Police Cruisers 'Engulfed In Flames' At Training Academy In Pennsylvania
Three police cruisers we're burned in a parking lot directly adjacent to a Police Training Academy in western Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Sept. 28, authorities say. Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire and Pittsburgh Police were called to the vehicle fire in Zone 1 shortly after 2:30 a.m., according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Upon arrival they found three Pittsburgh police cruisers "parked just outside the Academy building were fully engulfed in flames," as stated in the release. "Firefighters extinguished the fire in each cruiser and no one was injured. There was no damage to the building," au…
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Vehicle Fire Closed All Lanes Of Traffic Along I-81 At PA/MD Border: PennDOT
A vehicle fire closed all lanes of traffic along a portion of Interstate 81 at the Pennsylvania and Maryland border shortly before noon on Friday, June 17, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The fire broke out in a vehicle heading northbound on I-81 somewhere between Exit 1: PA 163 – Mason Dixon Road and Exit 3: US 11 – Molly Pitcher Highway, according to PennDOT. Rubbernecking caused some additional slowing in the southbound lanes, PennDOT states in a tweet. UPDATE: Vehicle fire on I-81 northbound between Exit 1 - PA 163 and Exit 3 - US 11. There is a traffi…
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: NJ Police Officer Rescues Unresponsive Driver From Fiery Wreck
An Upper Saddle River police officer responding to a crash dragged an unconscious Rockland County driver to safety moments before the man's minivan went up in flames. The minivan had slammed into a utility pole, splitting it at the base, on East Saddle River Road south of Lake Street just after midnight Thursday, Capt. Edward Kane said. The engine block was already starting to cook when Officer Tim Erstling arrived, Kane said. Erstling immediately pulled the 29-year-old Pomona, NY driver out and away from the minivan, the captain said. "Minutes later, the vehicle was fully engulfed," he s…
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: Video Clip Shows Crews Dousing Massive Route 22 Car Fire
A car went up in flames on Route 22 Thursday afternoon, prompting a massive suppression effort from several fire departments that was captured in a shocking video clip. Fire crews in Palmer and Bethlehem Township rushed to the scene of the blaze in the westbound lanes near milepost 333.1 in the early afternoon, authorities said. Firefighters immediately began dousing the blaze, which became a “challenge to extinguish” when fuel started leaking from the car and burning, the Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Company said. The Hecktown Volunteer Fire Company was also called to the scene to a…
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CALL: Hero Tow Truck Driver Rescues Motorist From Burning Sedan On NJ Turnpike
HERO: A passing tow truck driver helped a motorist from his burning car on the New Jersey Turnpike seconds before it was engulfed in flames. Nick's Towing Service driver John Tashian of Paramus was returning from a job in Newark when he saw the burning vehicle just off the road in Kearny at 2:15 a.m. Sunday, said his boss, Nicholas F. Testa. Tashian called a Nick's Towing Service dispatcher who, in turn, notified the Turnpike Authority. He then ran to the car to help get the driver out. They had gotten a safe distance away when it went up in flames, Testa said. Kearny firefighters doused…
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