Newtown fire damages apartments

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - Damage is seen in the second floor of 24 Tremont Street in Newtown on June 5, 2023.

NEWTOWN – An apartment building in this Reilly Township village was damaged by fire Monday evening.

Firefighters were called to 24 Tremont Street in the village around 8pm for the reported fire.

That building, in the center of the village of Newtown, contained three apartments.

KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – A Newtown firefighter packs up a hose line at the scene of a fire on Tremont Street on June 5, 2023.

Arriving crews found heavy fire in the second floor of the building.

Firefighters from Newtown, Branchdale, Tremont, Minersville, Pottsville, Llewellyn, and more responded to the scene and made quick work of the fire.

No injuries were immediately reported.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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