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Cops rescue woman from burning Bethlehem apartment

City of Bethlehem

At 04:37 Thursday morning. Bethlehem city transmitted a box for a structural fire for 443 Seneca Street sending Engines 1, 3, 6, Ladder 1.

Dispatch advised responding companies that they were receiving multiple calls and reports of people trapped.  Engine 1 arrived and reported a working fire. Shortly after, a fire officer struck out the second alarm bringing in Engines 5, 9 and Ladder 2.

Police officers rescued a female from a first floor apartment.  She was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.

Firefighters used 3 hand lines and had two in operation and made quick work of the fire.  Members went right to work on arrival to conduct search and rescues.

The fire displaced a total of seven people.