Fire damages Wm. Penn home

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - Firefighters from Girardville's Rangers Hose Co. walk towards 277 Mount Olive Boulevard during a fire call Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022.

WILLIAM PENN – A wood burner caught fire and damaged a home in this West Mahanoy Township village Sunday night.

Crews were called to the home at 277 Mount Olive Boulevard around 9:50pm Sunday for the reported house fire.

Smoke was reported coming from the lower level of the home.

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Shenandoah firefighter Derrick Donchak works a hose through a crawlspace to extinguish a wood burner fire Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022.

Firefighters arrived to find a wood burner had caught fire in the basement.

The fire was extinguished in short order and crews remained on scene for over an hour.

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – The scene of Sunday’s reported fire in William Penn.

No injuries were reported. The home received minor damage.

Firefighters from William Penn, Shenandoah, Altamont, Shenandoah Heights, Mahanoy City, and Girardville responded along with Shenandoah Ambulance and West Mahanoy Township Police.

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