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working commercial structure fire, Borough of Macungie
April 16, 2025 | PENNSYLVANIA
ALAN HOFFMAN, Correspondent

Photo by ALAN HOFFMAN
This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.
On April 16th at 5:40 am the Lower Macungie Fire Department, Upper Milford Western District Fire Company, Greenawalds Fire company for RIT and Macungie EMS were dispatched for a working commercial structure fire at the Macungie VFW at 287 Lehigh st in Borough of Macungie This call was Originally dispatched as a burglar alarm, A macungie police officer arrived on scene and had smoke showing with a fire in the rear of the building. and he went inside and used his fire extinguisher to knock some of fire down until the arrival of the fire department. Cause of the fire is pending the investigation by the fire marshall.