5-alarm fire in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Raw video from NewsWorking.
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Our friends at NewsWorking.org hads a busy evening with a 5-alarm fire in Bethlehem, PA. Above is the first part of their video. Here is the account from Bill Rohrer:
Just before 19:00 Bethlehem transmitted the box for 623 Ninth Avenue for a house fire with explosion. First arriving Engine6 and Truck 2 found heavy fire in the rear of a 3-story duplex. Its believed that a propane tank malfunctioned on a gas grill in the rear of the home. Both home were heavily involved and a 2nd and 3rd alarms were struck quickly.
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Part 2 of the video from News Working.org
Crews immediately worked on exposure 2, a 3-story duplex and saved those two dwellings. It was a different story for the exposure to the north (exposure 4). This 3-story duplex was quickly involved due to high heat and wind conditions pushing the flames in its direction. The 4th and 5th alarms were quickly struck at that point bringing in Engine 13 and truck 2 from the city of Allentown and Engine 2016 from the city of Easton.
After sunset, the smoke blanketed the city for blocks around and greatly reduced visibly to less than a block. In all 4 homes were destroyed and the fire is under investigation. In this video you will hear round of ammunition going off.
No Street View to help me this time, but looking at the video I am reasonably certain that “A” is the home where the fire started. Click the image for more.
