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Magic Years Day-Care Center 2 Alarm Building Fire
September 15th, 2007, 9:56 PM
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Fire destroys wing at former day-care site
Building on Elm Avenue was being renovated into adult care center. Damage estimated at $300,000.
By CHAD UMBLE
Lancaster New Era
Published: Sep 15, 2007 11:58 AM EST
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - An overnight fire in a
former Lancaster Township day-care center caused an estimated $300,000
in damage, destroying one wing of the building.
The vacant
building at 1325 Elm Ave. had housed Magic Years Child Care &
Learning Center but was being renovated into an adult care facility, a
fire official said.
The fire at the building was "totally
involved" when firefighters arrived around 12:30 a.m., said Glenn
Usdin, deputy chief of the Lancaster Township fire department, who was
in charge at the scene.
Usdin said firefighters had the blaze
under control within 30 minutes and stayed until 4:30 a.m. There were
no injuries and the cause of the fire is still under investigation, he
said.
The one-story building with gray siding and maroon
shutters is divided into two wings that are connected by an enclosed
walkway. Usdin said the blaze started in northwest part of the west
wing and firefighters successfully fought to keep it from spreading to
the building's east wing or to a next-door dentist's office.
The
building's west wing, however, was another story. Although the walls
were still standing this morning, it was gutted and most of its roof
was collapsed.
"It is history," Usdin said.
The nearly
7,000-square-foot building is between Hamilton Park and WGAL-TV. It was
being renovated for Albright Care Services, of Lewisburg, which had
hoped to open there Oct. 1, Usdin said.
Usdin said some 60
firefighters assisted at the scene, including members of Millersville,
Rohrerstown, East Petersburg, and Lancaster City fire departments.
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