VIDEO: Fire Engulfs Apartment Building in Ashland

PHOTOS: A fire engulfed an apartment building in Ashland early Monday morning. At 3:52am, Monday, emergency personnel were called to 1100 West Centre Street in Ashland for an apartment building fire. Fire Chief Phil Groody arrived on scene and called in a working fire after finding the whole rear of the apartment building along 11th Street engulfed in flames. The fire would hit a 2nd alarm calling in units from across northern Schuylkill County and eastern Northumberland. It would take firefighters more than an hour to bring the fire under control, with the fire being held to the original fire building. By 5:30am, some units were being released from the scene. At least 2 people were reported to live in the building and escaped unharmed.
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A lifetime of service: Memorial sign honors late Allentown assistant fire chief

PHOTO: They gathered to honor and remember the selfless beauty of the man. His sharing of himself - of his time, his heart, his soul. Humanity with no end, no matter the time or place. An altruism dedicated to making folks safer throughout his community and around the world. Allentown Fire Department Assistant Chief Christopher Kiskeravage devoted nearly all of his 56 years of life to helping others - until he died of pancreatic cancer last June and was called to climb that final ladder to heaven. In the end, the paradox is unmistakable: A husband, father and grandfather who shared chunks of himself with others in order to make himself whole. Fellow firefighters, new recruits, family and friends gathered outside the Mack Southside Fire Station and Training Academy on Friday morning as Kiskeravage, the retired assistant chief for training, was honored with the dedication of a memorial sign along Lehigh Street.
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Barn fire destroys shop, apartments in northern Berks County

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: A fire that broke out in Albany Township, Berks County on Sunday afternoon is under investigation. "We got dispatched for a structure fire," said Kempton Fire Company Lt. Owen King. "Unfortunately, it was multi-structure when we got there," said King. The fire happened in the area of Route 737 and Turkey Road just before 4 p.m. "We were not able to save the large shop that was there or the apartments behind it," said King. King said he believes the owner was home at the time. There were tools and a music studio inside the shop, according to King. "We were able to save the large residence and the storage shed as well that were both exposed to fire," said King. Smoke could be seen from miles away. Roads in the area were temporarily closed.
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Truck catches fire inside Pottstown fire house, officials say; one firefighter transported

A fire house in Pottstown had a fire of its own Thursday night. The cabin of an engine was on fire inside the Good Will Fire Co. Station 69A in the 700 block of East High Street, the Pottstown Fire Department said in a statement on social media. Crews were able to quickly extinguish the fire and contain it to the apparatus only, the department said, but two ambulances, a fire rehab unit and the Pottstown Fire Police response unit, as well as bays, had smoke damage. The department said one firefighter was taken by Good Will EMS to Pottstown Tower Health Hospital for evaluation from smoke inhalation. Ambulance service and the ability to respond to 911 calls for assistance remain intact, officials said.
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Smoke billows from burning pallet company in Lancaster County

VIDEO: Fire tore through a Lancaster County business Thursday morning. The fire started around 10:20 a.m. at Biers Pallet company on the 300 block of South Main Street in Penn Township, just outside of Manheim. A neighbor told WGAL reporter Anne Shannon that she woke up to the sound of sirens, saw smoke, ran next door and saw the business owner being pulled out of the building. The neighbor said she pulled off the owner’s jacket and it was melted to his arms. She thought he was suffering from pretty significant burns to his arms, face and neck. The owner was taken to the hospital. Another neighbor told WGAL she had spoken to the owner’s wife, who just wanted everyone to get out safely and expressed that the building could be replaced.
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Fire on building roof at Allegheny County amusement park put out; no injuries, spokesperson says

Emergency crews responded to a fire at Kennywood Park Wednesday evening that has since been put out. A photo provided to WTAE showed flames and smoke billowing out from the park earlier in the evening. A Pittsburgh's Action News 4 team on the scene saw firefighters, police and medics. There were no visible flames as of about 10:15 p.m. Lynsey Winters, a spokesperson for Kennywood, said, "(A) small fire was reported on the roof of one of the buildings at the park this evening. Local fire departments responded immediately and the fire was quickly put out. There were no injuries." She said that the building impacted sits beside the Parkside Cafe. It is unclear what the full impact to that building might be. According to Winters, the park believes the fire was caused by lightning from Wednesday night's storms.
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