Fire crews in Adams County were called to the same house for the second day in a row on Tuesday morning.What we knowThe house is located on the 1100 block of Beaver Run Road between Gettysburg and New Oxford.It’s not yet known what caused either fire.A Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal will be investigating the cause of both fires.
GETTYSBURG, Pa.
Fire crews in Adams County were called to the same house for the second day in a row on Tuesday morning. Advertisement
What we know
The house is located on the 1100 block of Beaver Run Road between Gettysburg and New Oxford.
Two people were displaced following a fire at Kensington Club Apartments on Sunday night.
Firefighters with Lancaster Township Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched at 8:46 p.m. to an apartment building fire at 641 Wyncroft Lane in the apartment complex, according to Capt. Greg Leaman.
Someone who called 911 reported seeing smoke and flames at the door of apartment 5 of the complex. Lt. Melvin Reyes arrived and requested additional firefighters to the scene, Leaman said.
Responding firefighters quickly extinguished the fire inside the apartment, Leaman said. Though smoke did filter into neighboring apartments, firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading.
Leaman said the fire was declared under control at 9:33 p.m.
Ferndale Fire Update 11:04 pm
Police say a 12-year-old and three 14-year-olds have been charged for setting an abandoned Ferndale house on fire which injured an officer and firefighter.
Ferndale Borough Police Chief John Blake says the four girls face charges related to arson, causing catastrophe, trespassing and endangering another person for the fire that happened Saturday along Vickroy Ave.
Chief Blake says his department was assisted by a Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal during the investigation.
According to Blake, the girls confessed to arson after police obtained video of them lighting the fire.
Police say the girls sprayed accelerant inside the abandoned house and lit pieces of paper before throwing them into a shoebox on a couch.
Mar 16, 2021
Monday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported a two-day total of 3302 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the state s overall total to 961,456. During that same two-day period, 14 new coronavirus-related deaths were reported, leaving the commonwealth with 24,587 since the pandemic began just over a year ago. 5.7-percent of all COVID-19 tests in the seven day period ending March 11th came back positive.
Effective April 4th, Gov. Tom Wolf is lifting some restrictions on restaurants, bars and other businesses as well as increasing crowd size limits. On April 4th, restaurants will be allowed to resume bar service and purchasing food with drinks will no longer be required. The curfew for removing alcoholic drinks from tables will be lifted and indoor dining capacity will be bumped up to 75-percent for self-certifying restaurants and 50-percent that don t self-certify. Capacity for gyms, casinos, theatres and malls will be increased to 75-percent on that date as