SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA – Around 12:00 PM on Friday, November 13, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 transmitted Box 342 for the address of 1009 West Howard Avenue in the City of Pottsville for a house fire. The Pottsville Bureau of Fire due on the box.
Ladder 51 arrived on scene to a find single family dwelling with smoke showing from the second floor. A working fire was declared and a rapid intervention team from Schuylkill Haven was dispatched.
Engine 62 arrived behind the ladder as did Engine 32. A water supply was secured from 12th and Howard while two lines were placed in service. The aerial was flown to an attic window where crews ventilated. Engines 11 and 71 and Ladder 21 arrived on the scene and sent their personnel to the front of the building.
Interior crews found a fire on the second floor to the rear of the home and quickly knocked it down. Hydraulic ventilation was seen being performed out the bedroom window shortly after the knockdown.
Additional crews were sent to the attic to check for extension. EMS was summoned to the scene to evaluate a resident who was transported to the hospital for further treatment. The American Red Cross was also dispatched to the scene to assist those displaced by the fire.
This fire culminated a busy morning in the City as this was the third Box of the morning along with other still alarms that had been dispatched. All crews were clear of the scene by early afternoon.
