Whitehall Firefighters Battle Fatal Apartment Fire
Photo by Geoffrey WetherholdWhat is left of an apartment building at 1308 N 13th Street following a fatal fire on December 7th in Whitehall Township.
Photo by Geoffrey WetherholdAssistant Chief Greg Rice in the Bucket of Whitehall Tower 6 during a well involved apartment building fire on December 7th, at 1308 N 13th St.
Photo by Geoffrey WetherholdWhitehall Firefighters battle a well involved apartment building fire at 1308 N 13th St on December 7th. The fire claimed the life of a person living in the building.
Photo by Geoffrey WetherholdWhitehall Firefighters battle a well involved apartment building fire at 1308 N 13th St on December 7th. The fire claimed the life of a person living in the building.
Photo by Geoffrey WetherholdWhitehall Tower 6 flows water during a well involved apartment building fire at 1308 N 13th St on December 7th.
Photo by Geoffrey WetherholdA Whitehall Firefighters works from the tip of Catasauqua Ladder 2 during a well involved apartment building fire at 1308 N 13th St on December 7th.
Photo by Geoffrey WetherholdNewsworking Photographer Bill Rohrer (left) and Photographer Dennis Wetherhold Jr (right) stand on top of Catasauqua Ladder 2 during a multiple alarm fire in Whitehall on December 7th.
Firefighters from Whitehall Township were dispatched to 1308 N 13th St in the Spring Ridge Apartments for a reported apartment building fire. Numerous calls to the Lehigh County 9-1-1 Center were reporting Building J was well off with fire showing. The Lehigh County 9-1-1 Center advised responding units that police were on scene report multiple buildings involved. Crews arrived on scene and found fire showing from the J building with multiple apartments well off. During the course of the fire crews found a deceased victim inside the initial apartment. Companies from Greenawalds and Catasauqua also assisted on the scene as well as Woolawn's Cascade and Cetronia EMS.
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