No injuries in Heights fire call
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - Firefighters at the scene of a reported house fire on Schuylkill Avenue in Shenandoah Heights on April 20, 2026.
SHENANDOAH HEIGHTS – Firefighters converged on a Schuylkill Avenue duplex Monday evening after crews say plastic on a furnace caused a smoke condition.
Crews were called to the 100 block of Schuylkill Avenue around 9pm for a report of smoke in a structure.
Shenandoah Heights Fire Chief Larry Levy told the Sentinel that a neighbor noticed smoke in the basement of the home. That smoke was coming from next door, where plastic had been on the stove pipe of a furnace.
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Firefighters at the scene of a reported house fire on Schuylkill Avenue in Shenandoah Heights on April 20, 2026. 
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Firefighters at the scene of a reported house fire on Schuylkill Avenue in Shenandoah Heights on April 20, 2026. 
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL – Firefighters at the scene of a reported house fire on Schuylkill Avenue in Shenandoah Heights on April 20, 2026.
No injuries were reported though several children were taken into the care of Shenandoah Ambulance briefly before being released to their parents.
Firefighters also installed a missing smoke alarm on the first floor of the home.
Responding were crews from Shenandoah, Shenandoah Heights, William Penn, Englewood, Mahanoy City, among others.
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