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Sheets Tied Together To Escape Amish View Inn Fire, Injuring Three— Including Firefighter: FD Sheets Tied Together To Escape Amish View Inn Fire, Injuring Three— Including Firefighter: FD
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…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Firefighters Pinned In Basement When Gun Safe Falls Through Floor In Central Pennsylvania Firefighters Pinned In Basement When Gun Safe Falls Through Floor In Central Pennsylvania
Firefighters Pinned In Basement When Gun Safe Falls Through Floor In Central Pennsylvania A "MAYDAY" was called as two counties battled a blaze that had two firefighters pinned under a gun safe that fell through to the basement on Sunday, Nov. 20, according to fire officials.  The fire started in a home on the 100 block of Reservoir Road around 6:00 a.m., according to Bendersville Community fire department. As fire crews entered the home through the basement, the first floor immediately collapsed onto them, the chief details in the release.   Thankfully, crews from Adams and Cumberland counties were able to safely extract the two firefighters from the home— both only suffering…

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by Jillian Pikora