A family of three escaped a house fire in East Bethlehem Township Monday morning.
Fire crews from Washington and Greene counties responded to the 10 a.m. fire in the 300 block of Main Street, only a few hours after returning from battling another fire at Sunset Marina the night before.
âI was at the fire station when the whistle blew, which is rare,â said East Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mark Giovanelli.
The family was home when the fire started in the one-story house, Giovanelli said. The two adults were in bed, he said, when their 6-year-old discovered the fire. Giovanelli said the man residing there told him that when the child woke him, he âlooked out and all he saw was the orange glow of the fire in the next room.â