Mid-afternoon on Thursday October 26, 2023 Northampton County Fire Radio dispatched an automatic fire alarm for 4625 Steven Lane in Lehigh Township sending station 47 and Medic 49.
Fire Commissioner Hildabrandt arrived and fill-out the box for a working house fire and requested 6 additional tankers above the first alarm.
Ladder 47 arrived and stretched a hand line to the 2nd floor of the two-story house where the fire was burning in the A/B corner and coming through the roof. Fire was already in the attic space. The interior crew called for a second hand line.
Two hand lines were stretched and operating for the duration of this operation.
Crews working the interior held the fire to that corner of the house and quickly darkened down the fire.
The installation of a monitored fire alarm saved this house from major damage.
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