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PA Firefighters Called To 2-Alarm Blaze At Maryland Butcher Shop PA Firefighters Called To 2-Alarm Blaze At Maryland Butcher Shop
PA Firefighters Called To 2-Alarm Blaze At Maryland Butcher Shop Gone, but not forgotten. A community is rallying around the owners and employees of the Galvinell Meat Company in Cecil County to support them after a massive two-alarm fire burned down the building and caused upwards of $2.5 million in damage late last month, though they have vowed to rebuild. On Tuesday, April 30, an early morning fire destroyed a well-known Cecil County meat butchering shop, causing an estimated $2.5 million in damages.  Community Fire Company of Rising Su "Our beloved family business, Galvinell Meat Company, was tragically destroyed in a fire," a family me…

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by Zak Failla
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PA Firefighters Called To 2-Alarm Blaze At Maryland Butcher Shop PA Firefighters Called To 2-Alarm Blaze At Maryland Butcher Shop
PA Firefighters Called To 2-Alarm Blaze At Maryland Butcher Shop A two-alarm blaze destroyed a well-known Maryland meat butchering shop and caused upwards of $2.5 million in damages, officials say. Fire crews were called at approximately 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning to the Galvinell Meat Company in Cecil County, where there was a reported fire with flames showing through the roof and smoke billowing through the air on Ragan Road in Conowingo. Multiple fire departments, including around 50 firefighters from Cecil, Harford, Lancaster, and Chester counties, responded to the two-alarm blaze, helping to bring the flames under control in just over an hour. …

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by Zak Failla
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Post-Christmas Fire Ravages One NJ Home, Damages Others Post-Christmas Fire Ravages One NJ Home, Damages Others
Post-Christmas Fire Ravages One NJ Home, Damages Others A Sunday fire ripped through one Passaic home and extended to others on either side. The heavily-involved blaze on Harrison Street near Myrtle Avenue began as two alarms at around 9:15 a.m. Heavy fire in the rear of the building eventually began consuming the rest of the 2½-family house -- eventually blowing through the roof -- while spreading to two others. Flames blew through the roof of the Harrison Street home in Passaic.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The blaze appeared knocked down a couple of times before eventually being declared under control around 11 a.m. A firefighter sustain…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Seventh Fire In 4 Years At Kensington Club Luxury Apartments In Lancaster Twp. Displaces 2 Seventh Fire In 4 Years At Kensington Club Luxury Apartments In Lancaster Twp. Displaces 2
Seventh Fire In 4 Years At Kensington Club Luxury Apartments In Lancaster Twp. Displaces 2 Two people are out of their home after the seventh fire in four years at the Kensington Club Luxury Apartments on Sunday night. Crews were called to the 600 block of Wyncroft Lane in the apartment complex shortly before 9 p.m., according to Lancaster Township Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Greg Leaman. The fire was under control by 9:30 p.m. but smoke wafted into neighboring apartments forcing residents to evacuate as crews vented the structures. Firefighters remained at the scene until shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday's fire was at least the seventh fire at the apartment complex in the p…

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by Jillian Pikora