Published May 9, 2008, 9:40 AM EST
by JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff
Leola -
Between 25 and 30 men, women and children fled to safety early today after one or more people deliberately set two fires in a 16-unit apartment building in Leola, investigators said. Smoke detectors sounded at about 3:30 through units at 10 and 12 Country Drive in the Chelsea Village complex......
Passing motorists spots flames early today; occupants exit safely.
Published May 6, 2008, 10:15 AM EST
by JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff
1677 Lebanon Rd, Manheim -
Alerted by two passing motorists, six people fled to safety as a two-alarm fire spread through a home early today on Route 72, north of Manheim. The 4:24 a.m. fire apparently started at or around an air conditioner attached to a window at Chad Hollinger's home, 1677 Lebanon Road, Manheim......
Published May 4, 2008, 12:14 AM EST
by STAFF
Lancaster -
Motorcyclist Daniel B. Cronin, 19, of Conestoga, was arrested for multiple traffic offenses and for fleeing and eluding Southern Regional police Saturday at 6:40 p.m., in the 2000 block of New Danville Pike, Pequea Township, police said. GARAGE FIRE: A two-story frame ga......
SDL will use rebuilt former Magic Years building
Published May 3, 2008, 1:45 AM EST
by BRIAN WALLACE, Staff
Lancaster -
When fire raged through the former Magic Years day-care center on Elm Avenue last fall, destroying nearly half the building, its future was in doubt. The center, which had served children for 20 years, sustained nearly $300,000 in damage. Around the corner, School District of Lancaster was......
Feb. blaze that claimed life ruled accidental
Published May 3, 2008, 1:32 AM EST
by STAFF
Lancaster -
Local officials have determined that a fire that claimed the life of a 54-year-old Lancaster woman in February was accidental. The fire started in a three-story rowhome at 532 First St. on Feb. 2. Five people were trapped inside the building. Three escaped on their own, while firefigh......
Firefighter and three city residents hurt; damage set at $310,000
Published April 25, 2008, 12:39 AM EST
by JENNIFER TODD and MICHAEL YODER, Staff
No Location -
Fires ripped through row homes in Lancaster city and Lititz Thursday morning, displacing more than a dozen people and injuring four.In the city, a three-alarm blaze ripped through three rowhomes shortly after 3 a.m.The fire started in debris outside an unoccupied home at 135 Howard ......
Blazes injure 4, displace 17, cause $310,000 damage
Published April 24, 2008, 11:27 AM EST
by JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff
No Location -
Multi-alarm fires early today on Front Street in Lititz and Howard Avenue in Lancaster damaged seven row homes and displaced about 17 people — three of whom jumped from a porch roof at the city home. The two fires caused an estimated $310,000 in damage and injured four people, includin......
Blaze at city home ruled accidental
Published April 22, 2008, 1:07 AM EST
by BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
321 N Charlotte St, Lancaster -
Five people were left homeless after a three-alarm blaze Monday afternoon seriously damaged their house in western Lancaster city.Jamille Edwards, 22, said he was upstairs in his North Charlotte Street home when one of his roommates smelled smoke."I went down to the basement, a......
Published April 11, 2008, 10:33 AM EST
by JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff
I-76, Denver -
A tractor-trailer carrying medical supplies struck a guardrail and caught on fire early today along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County Control said. Denver and Schoeneck firefighters responded at 4:16 a.m. and were still at the scene at 7 a.m. Th......
Published April 9, 2008, 8:36 AM EST
by JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff
4512 Division Highway, Blue Ball -
Dozens of eastern Lancaster County firefighters battled an overnight blaze that extensively damaged a ranch home along Route 322 at Blue Ball. The home's occupants, Miriam Usner, 81, and her son, Richard Montgomery, 62, escaped injury in the 11:20 p.m. blaze a......
