Electrical Fire Causes Pennsylvania Mall Evacuation

YORK, Pa. - A small electrical fire forced the evacuation of a central Pennsylvania mall and left a contractor with burns to his hands and face.

Officials say the York Galleria mall had to be evacuated around Thursday night after a contractor replacing a fuse started a flash fire. Firefighters got the fire under control quickly and the contractor was transported to a hospital for treatment.

York Area United Fire and Rescue Capt. Justin Hovis says smoke billowing from the room forced about 100 workers and shoppers to evacuate.

Officials did not release the contractor's name.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hiscock on February 12, 2010 at 5:41pm

this is why you should ALWAYS pay attention to fire alarms that are ringing....

"fire alarms always going off" so it says in the clip....maybe the next time it goes off people will take it seriously...god knows it could have been alot worse

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Permalink Reply by wayne oliver on February 13, 2010 at 6:42pm

did nices job

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Permalink Reply by Roy Walker on February 14, 2010 at 11:27am

EXACTLY Dennis . Why are public buildings always so hard to evacuate?

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Hiscock on February 14, 2010 at 12:18pm

for the simple fact that no one cares anymore....UNTIL they see flames and smoke..then and only then do they panic....*sighs*

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Permalink Reply by Holly on February 15, 2010 at 1:49am

We experience this way too often at the mall in our area. The employees are just as bad as the public. It doesn't even matter if there is smoke. Flames tend to make people move but not real quickly.