Forks Township, Pa., companies responded this morning at approximately 5:45 a.m. to Uhler Road at Bushkill Drive for a single-vehicle motor vehicle accident involving entrapment and injuries. Shortly thereafter, dispatch advised responding units that all occupants had been removed from the vehicle. Suburban EMS transported one patient whose injuries were unknown at the time of transport. Photo Gallery, Passerby Rescues Driver Video
Phillipsburg Fire Companies were dispatched this morning for multiple reports of a working house fire in the 600 block of Metz Street.
Upon arrival, Phillipsburg PD units reported a fully involved house fire with multiple propane tanks in the garage. They also indicated that the occupants were out of the residence. One firefighter sustained injuries during the incident and required medical attention. Photo Gallery
Bethlehem, Pa., 1560 Livingston Street, 2nd alarm for fire in a 1-story attached dwelling. Photo Gallery
Lower Nazareth, Pa., Hecktown, Nazareth, and Hanover Township Fire Companies were dispatched Sunday evening for a 2-vehicle head-on motor vehicle accident with entrapment and fire on Nazareth Pike just north of Gradwohl Switch Rd. Unfortunately, there were two reported fatalities from this collision, further details are reported in the linked Lehigh Valley Live Article. Photo Gallery, Scene Video
Donation link for Bobby Lewullis.
IAFF member and Marine Corps veteran Bobby Lewullis is a fireman with Wilson Borough FD in Easton, Pennsylvania. Recently, while on a call, Bobby became trapped on the third floor after running out of air while searching for reported victims. During his bailout, Bobby fell from the 35 foot ladder, suffering multiple fractures including his back. After such a devastating injury, our brother needs the community more than ever. Let’s lighten the mental and financial burdens for another hero.
Easton firefighters were dispatched at approximately 10:45 a.m. for a reported electrical fire in the basement at 462 Northampton Street. Upon arrival, crews encountered a smoke condition and a working basement fire that rapidly extended to the first and second floors and subsequently spread throughout the remainder of the approximately 200-by-30-foot structure. Firefighters conducted multiple rescues, assisting individuals who were trapped in various areas of the building.
Addtional companies on the scene Wilson Borough, Palmer, Nancy Run, Bethlehem Township, Williams Township, Forks Township, Lower Saucon Township, and Phillipsburg. Photo Gallery
Plainfield Township Fire Department was dispatched this evening for a two-vehicle motor vehicle accident (MVA) involving entrapment at the intersection of Delabole Road and Grand Central Road. Firefighters removed the driver’s-side door to extricate the patient. Suburban EMS transported the patient, who appeared to have sustained minor injuries. Photo Gallery
Bethlehem, Pa., 2nd alarm house fire on Hart Street. This was the 2nd working fire in the city this morning; the other was a 3rd alarm on East 5th Street. Allentown and Nancy Run Fire Companies assisted on this 2nd alarm. Photo Gallery
Bethlehem Township and Nancy Run Fire Companies, along with Palmer and Upper Nazareth, were dispatched tonight to the 2000 block of 15th Street for a reported kerosene heater on fire in the basement. Arriving companies were met with fire blowing out the rear of the dwelling from the basement, extending to the first floor and attic. Photo gallery
Monroe County, Pa, Smithfield Township. Companies were dispatched this morning for a residential structure fire at 107 Landing Lane shortly after 9:00am. Arriving firefighters encountered a working basement fire that extended to the first floor.
Hanover Township, Pa. Sugar Maple Court. 3rd alarm for fire through the roof of a 2-story single-family dwelling.
A fire broke out just after 10 a.m. this morning at the McWane Ductile Manufacturing Plant, located on Sitgreaves Street in Phillipsburg, NJ. Responding crews quickly contained the blaze to the building involved and had it extinguished shortly after their arrival. Phillipsburg Fire Dept.
Plainfield Township, Pa. — Firefighters from Plainfield, Wind Gap, and Pen Argyl, along with Suburban EMS, responded this afternoon to a fire in the walls of a two-story home in the 6600 block of Sullivan Trail. Firefighters stretched one hose line and used water cans, quickly bringing the fire under control within minutes of arrival. No injuries were reported.
Palmer Township, Pa. Motor vehicle accident with ejection at the intersection of Van Buren Road and Main Street.