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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. – Just after 9:15 PM on Sunday, December 22, Luzerne County 9-1-1 dispatched Hazle Twp. Fire, Harwood Fire and Medic 37 to 4187 Hollywood Boulevard in Hazle Township for a residential structure fire with entrapment. 141 Chief 2 was advised of a report of a fire in half a double with possibly 3 people still inside. Chief 2 requested a set of 5 tankers be dispatched to the scene. Greater Hazleton BLS was also added with the report of entrapment. Chief 2 arrived on-scene and reported heavy smoke showing from the first floor with all occupants out. … Continue reading →

CARBON COUNTY, Pa. – Just after 7 AM on Sunday, December 8, Carbon County 9-1-1 sent District 21 (Beaver Meadows) and District 20 (Weatherly) to 38 3rd Street in Beaver Meadows for a reported dwelling fire. Luzerne County 141 Tower 7 (Hazle Twp.) and Medic 11 were also due as was Schuylkill County Engine 49-15 (McAdoo). Crews arrived to find heavy fire from the rear of a single story ranch home. Engine 21-11 took the address and went to work. The engine company also established a water supply. An additional engine out of Hazle Township was requested and an engine … Continue reading →

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – Just moments after midnight on Friday, December 6, the Pottsville Fire Department was alerted of a house fire at 1971 West Howard Avenue in the City. Crews arrived on-scene to find heavy fire showing from the first floor and learned a woman was trapped inside the home. Engine 68-16 and Ladder 68-25 took the address of the building to begin fighting the flames and searching for the trapped occupant. While initiating their operations, firefighters also had to use extra caution as a power line came down from the house and was now lying on the street. … Continue reading →

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. – Just before 7:30 AM on Saturday, November 23, the Hazleton City Fire Department was dispatched to 355 Muir Avenue in the Heights section of the City for a reported house fire. Responding units were advised of reports of smoke coming from the second floor of the residence. Rescue 3 arrived on scene to find fire showing from two windows on the second floor of the two and a half story duplex. Police were reporting all occupants were out of the structure. Chief 3 requested RIT out of Hazle Township and placed McAdoo Quint 49-22 and West … Continue reading →

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – At 2:36 PM on Friday, November 22, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 sent out a house fire dispatch for the 400 Block of West Spruce Street in Mahanoy City. The Mahanoy City Fire Department was due on the response. Chief 48 signed on and was advised of multiple calls reporting a house fire in the 400 block. Moments later, the chief arrived on scene and confirmed a working fire with flames blowing out the second floor of a house in the middle of a row. Tower 48-20 was first on-air and came down Spruce street the wrong way … Continue reading →

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – Pottsville firefighters were dispatched to Box 34 at the address 625 Pierce Street in City for a reported house fire at 8:17 Tuesday evening. Police arrived on the scene and confirmed a working fire with smoke from the eaves with two connected exposures. Chief 68-3 requested a rapid intervention team (Schuylkill Haven) and second due ladder (Minersville Fire-Rescue) be dispatched to the scene. Crews began to advance lines through the lower floors toward the attic. As they were waiting for water to reach the nozzle, conditions began to deteriorate and crews backed down to the second … Continue reading →

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – A small village outside Shenandoah lost a house to a raging fire Thursday morning. The first dispatch went out at 5:16 AM for a working house fire in the 1100 Block of West Center Street in the Brownsville section of West Mahanoy Township. The first alarm included Fire Districts 36 (W. Mahanoy), 64 (Shenandoah), 45 (Girardville) and West End Rescue 48-50. Crews arrived on scene to find a two story single family dwelling well involved in fire. High winds were blowing through the area and sending the flames high into the air. Squrt 64-20 took the … Continue reading →