Fifteen Residents Displaced by Third-Alarm Fire in Allentown
Photo by KEN SNYDERFirefighters wet down an exposure wall.
Photo by KEN SNYDERTruck 2 checking out hot spots.
Photo by KEN SNYDERAllentown E-4 in service at the third alarm 2/18/24
Photo by KEN SNYDERThe area where the outside fire occurred between the two homes.
ALLENTOWN, PA - On the night of February 18th at 1:32 A.M., the AFD was summoned to a report of several homes on fire with possible explosions going off in the vicinity of Third and Court Sts.
On arrival, companies found an outside fire in an open parking lot between (two) three-story homes at 25 N. Third St. and 29 N. Third St. In this lot were enough flammable materials, like a vehicle, propane tanks, and other debris, to cause the fire to vertically extend about some 20-feet high, exposing both exposure walls and charring the siding.
As the blaze area looked more doubtful, command eventually requested two more alarms. The temperature was in the upper teens, and the fire took about 90-minutes to control.
One person, two firefighters and two paramedics were taken to the hospital to get checked out and then released. Three homes were damaged by the fire and several others received smoke and water damage. The Red Cross took care of the people displaced by the fire.
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