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Parkesburg Fire Displaces 6 Families On Easter Sunday Parkesburg Fire Displaces 6 Families On Easter Sunday
Parkesburg Fire Displaces 6 Families On Easter Sunday Easter Sunday went up in flames for six Chester County families, now without homes. The blaze broke out just before 3 a.m. Sunday, April 9 on the 100 block of Washington Street in Parkesburg, responders said. Firefighters arrived to find two homes engulfed in flames, which had spread to four more as of 3:15 a.m., the Keystone Valley Fire Department said. A firefighter was extricated after becoming briefly trapped in the basement, the department said. By 4:15 a.m., 75 firefighters had arrived on scene and were working to knock down the blaze. The displaced residents were being assisted by …

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by Cecilia Levine