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5 Pets Perish In 2 Alarm Millersville House Fire
September 10th, 2005, 11:15 AM
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MILLERSVILLE, PA – Millersville Fire Company responded to a dwelling
fire at 437 Herr Avenue in Millersville Borough on Saturday September
10 at 11:04 a.m.
Lancaster County Wide Communications advised Millersville Fire Chief
who was enroute to the scene they were receiving multiple calls from
neighbors explaining there was smoking coming from the windows of the
house at the intersection of Herr and Landis Avenue.
Tim Zimmerman, a Lancaster Township firefighter who lives three homes
away from the burning building heard the dispatch and rushed to his
neighbors house to check for occupants. Zimmerman knocked on the doors
and windows and found the residents were not at home.
Heavy fire and smoke was billowing from the basement window wells.
Smoke was also escaping from the ground level windows of the
single story dwelling explained Zimmerman.
Chief Eshleman arrived on the scene and requested a second alarm which
brought Lancaster Township Rescue 6-6, Truck 6-6 and Engine 6-6-2 to
the scene. A R.I.T. (Rapid Intervention Team) assignment was also
requested which brought West Lancaster Fire Company Rescue 6-8 and New
Danville Fire Company Rescue 5-5 to assist at the scene.
Millersville firefighters advanced two handlines into the basement
through a breezeway door between the garage and the main house. A third
line was stretched through a side entrance on side 2 of the house.
Firefighters broke out windows to allow the intense heat and smoke to
vent from the building as the interior firefighters extinguished the
blaze. The fire was under control within an hour of the dispatch.
A total of four cats and a dog died in the fire. Interior firefighters
rescued one cat from the smokey house. The cat was brought out of the
house from the side entrance door where it was handed to Millersville
firefighter Dick Moriarty. Firefighter Moriarty attempted CPR on the
cat until L.E.M.S.A. ambulance personnel arrived and began to
administer oxygen to the cat. The cat did not regain consciousness.
The Lancaster, PA chapter of ORCA (Organization for Responsible Care of
Animals) responded to the scene to attend to the deceased animals. ORCA
provides support to police, fire, and other emergency personnel when
they are dealing with situations that involve animals.
Engine 6-6-2 crew assisted with ventilation from the exterior and
engine company operations. Truck 6-6 crew performed salvage and
overhaul operations. Rescue 6-6 filled empty air cylinders used during
the fire.
The occupants of the rental property, James Jones, his wife and their
daughter were assisted by the American Red Cross finding temporary housing.
Millersville Chaplin Steve Cote assisted at the scene to console the displaced family and provide spiritual comfort.
Emergency personnel remained on the scene for 4 hours. A damage estimate to the home has not been determined.
A PA State Police fire marshal was called to investigate the blaze. The cause of the fire has not been determined.
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