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Structural Fire
VIDEO: Philadelphia massive 5-alarm factory fire
Newsworking had a camera on the fireground of this massive 5-alarm fire. At 18:30 hours, Philadelphia transmitted box 6227 for 21st and Clearfield Streets sending Engines 59, 50, 45, 27, Ladders 18, 12, Battalions 8, […]
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Teens rescued from Lehigh River
Friday night at 7:00PM, Whitehall Fire Department along with its Dive Team responded to the Lehigh River near the Hokey-NorthCatasauqua Bridge for two teens screaming for help. Whitehall Firefighters launched a boat to go pull […]
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Dumpsters burn behind shopping center
Tuesday afternoon, Whitehall Fire Department was dispatched to 2520 MacArthur Road behind the new At Home store for a dumpster fire. Chief 35 (Nelson) arrived and reported a large construction dumpster on fire. Actually, two […]
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South Whitehall Salvage Yard Fire
Thursday afternoon around 3:30PM, South Whitehall companies responded to the 2000 Minnich Street for a rubbish fire at the junk yard. Chief 32 (Kutz) arrived and reported a fire in a rubbish pile. Engine 11 […]
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Chlorine incident prompts haz-mat response
Late Wednesday morning Police and EMS were dispatched to a home in the 4400 block of Spruce Street in Egypt. When emergency personnel arrived they found a man that was exposed to chlorine after the […]
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Car splits in half after hitting pole and tree, 2 people pinned
Just after 1:00AM Tuesday, Station 18, Rescue 2, Engine 42 and Medic 75 were sent to a rescue box in the 1400 block of 4th Street in North Catasauqua for an auto extrication. Police arrived […]