Early morning blaze rips through Ashland row homes
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SENTINEL PHOTO - Fire crews battle a blaze on Centre Street in Ashland on March 24, 2019.
By Kaylee Lindenmuth
ASHLAND – A multi-alarm fire ripped through a set of row homes in Ashland early Sunday morning, damaging at least six buildings in the row.
Around 3:40am, firefighters from Ashland and Girardville were called to 100 Centre Street for reports of a fire. Arriving units found heavy fire, and a third alarm was struck.
Firefighters from northern Schuylkill and southern Columbia and Northumberland Counties responded to the scene, and water issues prompted the response of a tanker task force.
M&M Sandwich Shop and multiple residences suffered extensive damage in the blaze.
One firefighter was injured and taken to an ambulance via a stretcher at the Middle Avenue side of the scene. There was no word as to whether or not anyone else was injured.
Firefighters from Ashland, Girardville, Shenandoah, Ringtown, Mahanoy City, Mount Carmel, Gordon, Beaverdale, Aristes, Minersville, and more responded to the fire. Shenandoah and Ashland Police assisted with traffic control.
A Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal was requested to the scene as well.
Crews were still at the scene working to contain the blaze as of 6:40am.
According to the American Red Cross, five people in four families were displaced, and are being assisted.
The fire sent smoke billowing into the sky, which eventually settled within the valley, as far as Gilberton.
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