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Recent Incidents
Four Injured In Mountville Townhouse Fire
May 12th, 2008, 9:04 AM
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MONDAY MAY 12, 2008 - LTFD Truck 6-6 was dispatched to a townhouse fire at 316 Oak Ridge Drive and designated the Rapid Intervention Team.
The early-morning fire did major damage to a townhouse home near Mountville in Manor Township.
Four people were treated for smoke in fire that was reported at 3:49 a.m., in Oak Ride Commons, just south of Route 462 in Manor Township.
Light smoke crept into the adjoining townhouses at 314 and 318 Oak Ridge Drive, but there was no fire damage to those units, Mountville Deputy Fire Chief Robert Evans said.
The initial report was that as many as six townhouses might be involved in the fire, and that a child might be trapped in the third floor of one unit.
Upon arrival, firefighters found the fire was just at 316 Oak Ridge Drive, and nobody was trapped. Smoke detectors had awakened the occupants.
"Everybody was out at the time I arrived," said Evans.
There were no visible flames, but smoke was coming out the back of garage, Evans said.
Firefighters evacuated about 12 people from all of the three-story townhouses from 312 to 320 Oak Ridge Drive. They are attached dwellings in a single building.
The fire started from an electrical malfunction in the garage, and did $70,000 to $80,000 damage to the home.
Firefighters had the blaze under control in about 45 minutes. Trooper Herr and Mountville fire officials then conducted an investigation. They determined the blaze was accidental and started from an electrical malfunction in the garage.
Abut 45 firefighters from Mountville, Rohrerstown, West Lancaster, Lancaster Township, Millersville and Washington Boro fought the fire, which stayed at one alarm.
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