A Mount Joy Township home exploded on Tuesday evening, setting the dwelling ablaze, according to a supervisor with Lancaster County-Wide Communications.
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Aftermath of an apparent house explosion on Waldheim Road in Mt. Joy Twp. Tuesday June 1, 2021.
CHRIS KNIGHT Staff Photographer
Aftermath of an apparent house explosion on Waldheim Road in Mt. Joy Twp. Tuesday June 1, 2021.
CHRIS KNIGHT Staff Photographer
Aftermath of an apparent house explosion on Waldheim Road in Mt. Joy Twp. Tuesday June 1, 2021.
CHRIS KNIGHT Staff Photographer
Tanker trucks bring in water to the aftermath of an apparent house explosion on Waldheim Road in Mt. Joy Twp. Tuesday June 1, 2021.
CHRIS KNIGHT Staff Photographer
A utility worker walks back the lane along the fire hose to the aftermath of an apparent house explosion on Waldheim Road in Mt. Joy Twp. Tuesday June 1, 2021.
An Akron home was evacuated after it caught fire on Monday morning, according to a supervisor with Lancaster County-Wide Communications.
Firefighters arrived in the 100 block of South 9th Street at 9:24 a.m. to find a heavy fire showing from the attic of a duplex, according to dispatch reports.
Several people were evacuated from the building, though no injuries were reported, the supervisor said.
The fire was under control at 10:07 a.m., the supervisor said.
The supervisor was unsure of the extent of the blaze.