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Pair Rescued From Car Trapped In Flood Waters In Central PA (PHOTOS) Pair Rescued From Car Trapped In Flood Waters In Central PA (PHOTOS)
Pair Rescued From Car Trapped In Flood Waters In Central PA (Photos) A pair was rescued from a car trapped in flood waters in Ephrata on Wednesday, fire officials announced the following morning.  The water rescue happened on West Mohler Church Road along Cocalico Creek, sometime in the early evening of April 3, according to the Ephrata Pioneer Fire Company. Crews with the company were able to get the duo out of the vehicle with no injuries reported. "No matter the time of day or weather conditions, our volunteers are always here to answer your call for help," the fire company concluded its release. 

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Firefighter Injured At Martin's Country Market Multi-Million Dollar Fire In Ephrata (PHOTOS) Firefighter Injured At Martin's Country Market Multi-Million Dollar Fire In Ephrata (PHOTOS)
Firefighter Injured At Martin's Country Market Multi-Million Dollar Fire In Ephrata (Photos) A firefighter was injured and Martin's Country Market has announced that it has closed "indefinitely" following a massive fire early on Thursday, Feb. 15. The fire broke out just before 4 a.m. at the popular market located at 1717 West Main Street in Ephrata Township, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications.  The fire shuttered Route 322 in both directions between Wood Corner and Robert roads, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation explained. It has since reopened but Hackman road remains closed as of 1:30 p.m. Salt trucks were also called to the scene to help prevent the w…

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Cause Of Death Revealed For Ephrata Man 'Trapped' By Conestoga River: Coroner Cause Of Death Revealed For Ephrata Man 'Trapped' By Conestoga River: Coroner
Cause Of Death Revealed For Ephrata Man 'Trapped' By Conestoga River: Coroner A second Ephrata man has ended up dead in an area waterway in under a week. Allen "Ray" Nolt, was driving along Cabin Drive in West Earl Township when his vehicle became "trapped in the high waters" of the Conestoga River on Monday morning, Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber explained.  The "submerged" 73-year-old was rescued from his vehicle and taken to WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital's Emergency Department, where he was pronounced dead at 7:43 a.m., on Dec. 18, Bieber detailed. Our Water Rescue Team continues to respond to stranded motorists throughout the Northeast regi…

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Cause Of Ephrata Man's Fatal Series Of Crashes Into Cocalico Creek Revealed Cause Of Ephrata Man's Fatal Series Of Crashes Into Cocalico Creek Revealed
Cause Of Ephrata Man's Fatal Series Of Crashes Into Cocalico Creek Revealed New details have been released after a man crashed his car into Cocalico Creek. Marlin Fausnacht, 77 of the 800 block of Pointview Avenue,  Ephrata, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash into the creek at 6:18 a.m., according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office.  He was initially thought to have had a medical event before driving his Toyota Corolla off the 100 block of Old Mill Road in the borough. He went on to strike a pedestrian crossing sign, then slammed into a fence all before "going over an embankment into the Cocalico Creek.," a witness told the authorities. T…

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PA Arsonist Lights Her Bed On Fire, Displacing 20 Neighbors, Hospitalizing Child: Police PA Arsonist Lights Her Bed On Fire, Displacing 20 Neighbors, Hospitalizing Child: Police
PA Arsonist Lights Her Bed On Fire, Displacing 20 Neighbors, Hospitalizing Child: Police A 30-year-old woman has admitted to starting a fire that spread throughout 12 apartments — displacing 20 of her neighbors, and leading a child to be hospitalized — the Ephrata Police Department announced on Thursday.  Savanna Ashley Parsons, "has been admitted to police that she had rubbing alcohol and a lighter on her bed prior to the fire starting and that she was alone in her apartment when the fire started. It was determined that the fire broke out in the area of her bed," as stated in the police release.  The police claim she "intentionally" started the fire that broke out at…

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Elevator Arson In Ephrata Under Investigation Elevator Arson In Ephrata Under Investigation
Elevator Arson In Ephrata Under Investigation Two juveniles have been identified in connection with arson in an elevator, Ephrata police said. Police were dispatched to the Windstream parking garage located at Locust and Grant Streets, Ephrata Borough shortly before 5 p.m. on Saturday for reports of smoke coming from an elevator. There they found Ephrata Pioneer Fire Company on scene and the fire extinguished. The elevator sustained fire damage to the wall and floor with smoke damage throughout the unit. The elevator was out of service and no damage estimate has been made public. A preliminary investigation led police to identif…

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