Apartment fire displaces 20 in Mount Carmel
PHOTO COURTESY / Northumberland County's Fire & Rescue Departments Firewire - The scene of a two alarm apartment fire in Mount Carmel.
Sentinel Staff Reports
MOUNT CARMEL, Northumberland County – An apartment fire in the borough of Mount Carmel displaced about 20 tenants, reports indicated.
Fire crews from Mount Carmel and the surrounding areas were brought to the three-story apartment complex at North Maple and East Second Streets around 3:00pm for the blaze, which struck a second alarm.
Ashland and Englewood firefighters from northern Schuylkill responded as well as various Northumberland County companies.
20 building residents got out safely, WNEP-TV reports, though the same could not be said for a multitude of pets.
A state police fire marshal will be investigating.
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