SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – Around 3:30 AM on Saturday, May 5, Schuylkill County dispatched District 30 (Ringtown Valley) to Melanie Manor for an unknown type fire. As crews approached the scene, they found a fully involved house trailer fire in the development.
The first alarm was sent as well as a tanker task force which brought units from Sheppton-Oneida, Nuremberg, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah, Frackville, Aristes, Beaver Twp., Butler Twp., Girardville and Gordon.
District 30 arrived on the scene and stretched two lines to attack the fire from an exterior position. Chief 30 established Melanie Manor Command.
Engine 9-10 arrived and supplied water to the scene while the crew assisted with fire attack. Other tankers began to arrive and came into the scene and nursed their water to the scene. Firefighters from Mahanoy City, Frackville & Shenandoah staged their apparatus and assisted with pulling the building apart. Nuremberg Ladder 19-20 was recalled from the assignment.
Firefighters were able to make a knock on the fire within 15 minutes and some of the tanker task force was scaled back.
The fire was placed under control within 30 minutes and companies began to return to service within an hour of being on scene.
