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Local volunteer firefighters had to perform double duty Thursday morning as they battled a house fire at 46 W. Saucon Street in Hellertown borough in hot, humid weather conditions that can quickly lead to dehydration among first responders.
As of 10 p.m. Wednesday numerous volunteer fire companies from throughout the Lehigh Valley were continuing to battle what appeared to be a stubborn blaze in at least two Fountain Hill borough rowhomes.
A recently-retired City of Bethlehem firefighter who is visiting Europe was a witness Monday to the destruction by fire of one of the world’s greatest architectural treasures: the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, which he said he has heard may be declared a “total loss” once dawn arrives.
If you are planning to conduct any type of outdoor burning Wednesday local authorities are asking you to use extreme caution and would prefer you wait. That’s because the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for the potential of enhanced spread of wildfires, which is in effect from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Two Lower Saucon Township fire companies have officially completed a merger that began with a 2016 joint operating agreement, officials announced this week.
A Hellertown woman is charged with a first degree misdemeanor count of making terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another person after police say she allegedly threatened to burn a house down in the 100 block of Cedar Road Wednesday.
A 67-year-old woman died in a fire in the 900 block of State Road in Springfield Township, Bucks County, Thursday morning.
Local volunteer firefighters were on the scene early Wednesday of a house fire that broke out around midnight at 314 Cedar Road in Hellertown borough. At about 12:20 a.m., the Lehigh Valley Breaking News Facebook page reported that smoke and fire were showing at the scene. As of 1 a.m. information was not yet available about what may have caused the blaze, and whether or not anyone was injured as a result of it. A neighborhood resident reported that the fire was under control by that time. The house in which the blaze occurred has been unoccupied for some time, the resident said.
The sound of sirens was heard throughout Saucon Valley Friday evening at around 8 p.m., as fire crews rushed to the scene of a dwelling fire that is burning in the 4300 block of Lower Saucon Road.
Pets and their owners in the city of Bethlehem can breathe a little easier knowing that all of the city’s police cars are now equipped with oxygen mask kits for dogs and cats, thanks to the generosity of a local businesswoman.
