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LEITHSVILLE FIRE CO. 3RD ALARM FATAL BUILDING FIRE 5-24-12

2012-05-24T23:41:03.852Z

Northampton County, Pa-- A dump truck crashed through the Leithsville Volunteer Fire Company this afternoon and burst into flames. The station located at 1995 Leithsville Road in Hellertown, PA was fully involved on arrival consuming everything in the building including the fire apparatus.

The fire went to 3 alarms bringing in help from Lehigh, Bucks and Montgomery County,Pa. Companies went into defensive operations on arrival with ladder pipes, ground monitors and 2.5's. Tenders arrived from all 4 counties filling multiple port-a tanks at the scene and assisting with nursing operations behind the fire building.

Heavy equipment arrived and started to pull the rear of the building apart so firefighters cith extensive overhaul.ould gain access to the remaining fire. Departments had the fire under-control roughly 2 hours in and still remain on scene tonight w

READINGTON TWP RT 202 FATAL MVA 5-19-12

2012-05-21T00:16:58.483Z

Readington Twp, NJ.- Departments responded this morning to RT 202 North @ Burgers Motorcycles for a 2 vehicle mva reported head on. Arriving units found two vehicles one with extensive damage to the drivers side which appeared to be T-Boned after crossing the Highway. Rescue services were requested for the tan vehicle with the tarp but were later stopped. The highway remains shut down from Old York Rd to Summer Rd.

Depts On-Scene: Three Bridges Fire, Whitehouse Rescue, Hunterdon County Medics, Readington Twp PD

LOWER MILFORD 2ND ALARM DWELLING FIRE 4-11-12

2012-04-13T10:07:13.014Z

Lower Milford, Pa--Companies working on the 2nd alarm dwelling fire at 8364 Milkay Way Road. Crews arrived around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday to find the garage and first floor well off. CMD requested the 2nd alarm bringing in additional tenders and engines to assist.

Video by staff photographer Jay…

Nazareth Apartment Fire 3-13-12

2012-03-14T03:37:29.386Z

Nazareth, Pa-- The fire broke out around 2:00 this afternoon at 40 N. Green Street and was well off on arrival blowing out the first and second floor windows.

Arriving Nazareth and Upper Nazareth companies went to work stretching a line to the first and 2nd floors knocking down the fire rather quickly. The fire made extension into the attic of the 2nd apartment forcing crews to open the roof.

Crews made access to the 2nd unit and appeared to hold the fire, the 3rd unit had extensive smoke pushing from the eves but did not appear to be affected by fire.

Eight people were reported to be displaced by the fire negative injuries were reported.

PALMER TOWNSHIP 2ND ALARM TOWNHOUSE FIRE 2-27-12

2012-02-27T20:16:38.985Z

Special Thanks... Video Footage Provided By Ray Bivaletz

Palmer Township,PA-- The alarm was struck over night for a 2nd alarm fire that destroyed a townhouse. Companies arrived a little after 3:30 a.m. to the home at 143 Willow Drive to find it well off.

First in engine and ladder crews from Palmer went to work on the fire building and protecting the delta side exposure. Ladder 27-21 went to work with ladder pipe operations as ground crews went to exterior operations.

The firewall did it's job leaving the bravo side home with only minor smoke and water damage. The delta side townhouse suffered damage to the siding and blew out the windows from the heat.

Departments worked for an hour to bring the fire under control and remained on-scene through the morning hours, negative injuries were reported.

Units on Scene: 27, 14-12, EMS 27, Palmer PD | 1st Alarm 25-21, 53-11 | 2nd Alarm 22-12, 50-11, 54-12 | Standby to Cover 18-41, 28-11 | EMA, Goodwill