Lehigh County
A.F.D. battles back-to-back house fires
Early Tuesday evening, Allentown transmitted box 2257 for 925 Liberty Street sending Engines 10, 13, 14 and 11. The fire dispatcher immediately advised the Battalion Chief Held (43) that the box was transmitted for that […]
Pre-Arrival: Kitchen fire in Catasauqua Monday afternoon
Monday afternoon, Stations 2 and 18 were sent to 732 2nd Street for a house fire. Police arrived and reported a working kitchen fire. Engine 18 (North Catasauqua) arrived first-due and stretched a hand line […]
Box truck fully involved on arrival
Early Sunday morning, Whitehall sent two stations to Lazarus Farm Market on Rural Road.\ When companies arrived, they found the cab of a box truck fully involved. The fire burned through an electrical service wire […]
EARLY VIDEO: Working house fire in Whitehall, PA.
Friday evening around 20:45 Lehigh County 9-1-1 received a call from a passer-by reporting a house on fire at 1257 Catasauqua Road. Assistant Chief Rice arrived and signaled a working fire in a 2-story single-family-dwelling. […]
School bus garage destroyed by fire
At 03:10 Lehigh County sent Station 26 for a smoke investigation in the area of the Parkland Middle School on Stadium drive. The Chief found heavy smoke pushing from all sides and roof of the […]
Police car involved in crash
At 1:00PM Saturday, a Catasauqua Police SUV was involved in a car crash at 2nd and Pine Streets in the Borough. Although there were no injuries, both cars had to be towed. A reportable accident […]