Flames destroy Mahanoy apartments
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - Firefighters at the scene of a house fire at Market and A Street on Sept. 1, 2023.
MAHANOY CITY – A Mahanoy City apartment building was destroyed by fire early Friday morning.
Firefighters were called to the building at West Market and A Streets just before 7am.
As crews arrived, heavy fire was seen from a unit at 16 South A Street and a second alarm was quickly struck.
It took firefighters about an hour to bring the blaze under control in a firefight made difficult by two abandoned units and a collapsing floor.
As of 8:30am, firefighters remained on scene.
No injuries were immediately reported, and the cause is under investigation.
Assisting Mahanoy City firefighters were crews from Shenandoah, Ryan Township, Tamaqua, Girardville, Frackville, Englewood, among others, along with Ashland and Shenandoah EMS.
Units at 12-18 South A Street were damaged in the blaze. 12 and 14 were abandoned and 16 and 18 appeared occupied.
According to the Schuylkill County Parcel Locator:
- 12 is owned by the Berger family — Thomas and Michael, of Palmerton; Paul, of Mahanoy City; and Kelly Croslis, of Whitehall, and has been since 1993;
- 14 is owned by Neal Seidman, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, and has been since 2006;
- 16 is owned by Mary Green, of Mahanoy City, and Eddie Green and has been since 2010;
- 18 is owned by Ricardo Jose Vasquez, of Mahanoy City, and has been since 2017.
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