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High winds Tuesday afternoon snapped three utility poles along Route 819 and caused an attic fire from the downed power lines, an East Huntingdon fire official said. The fire damaged a house adjacent to Smillie’s Family Restaurant, said Chris Brinker, an assistant fire chief for East Huntingdon. Brinker said he
A three-vehicle crash involving a school van shut down part of Route 819 in East Huntingdon on Monday. East Huntingdon Second Assistant Fire Chief Chris Brinker said the driver of the school van was taken to a hospital. The handful of students on board also were taken to a hospital
An East Huntingdon man and his home health aide escaped unharmed from a fire Thursday afternoon that destroyed the residence he shared with his son. The fire, which was reported at 12:30 p.m., gutted two bedrooms and a bathroom in one end of the mobile home of John Thomas of