SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – At 12:31 PM on Wednesday, July 24, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 sent out a first alarm assignment to the area of 1 Bnosky Street in the village of Hometown, Rush Township, for a house fire. The first alarm included Fire Districts 25 (Hometown), 26 (Ryan Twp.), 6 (Delano Twp.), 49 (McAdoo), 65 (Tamaqua) and tankers from 32 (Walker Twp.), 48 (Mahanoy City) and 64 (Shenandoah).
Police arrived on-scene shortly after the dispatch and reported a working fire with smoke showing from 5 Oak Lane.
Fire crews arrived on-scene to find fire showing from a two story single family dwelling. Engine 25-10 took the address with Tanker 25-30 staging in a nearby parking lot. Engine 65-10 followed Hometown’s Engine in and crews began to knock down the fire.
Firefighters from 65-12, 26-10 and 49-15 arrived and assisted with knocking down the main body of fire. By the 20 minute mark, the fire was knocked down and only small amounts of steam were visible.
Within an hour of the first units arriving on-scene, mutual aid crews began to be released from the scene as firefighters picked up their hoses. A State Police Fire Marshal was called in to the scene to help with the investigation.
Hometown crews were clear of the scene once the fire marshal was done with the investigation during the evening hours.
