SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA – Around 10:30 AM on Tuesday, February 18, the Mahanoy City Fire Department and Frackville Ladder 43-20 were dispatched to 1202 East Pine Street in Mahanoy City for a reported house on fire with entrapment. Mahanoy City EMS arrived on the scene and confirmed a working basement fire with all occupants out of the building.
Tanker 461 took the address and Tower quickly followed. A water supply was established by the tanker at 12th and Pine Streets. Engine 465 traveled West on Pine and secured another water supply. Engines 451 and 454 staged on 12th Street with Ladder 43-20.
Two lines were stretched into the house and the fire was quickly knocked down. A primary search of the residence proved all occupants were out of the house. The fire was out and the smoke was cleared from the residence within 15 minutes of the initial alarm.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by borough officials and a State Police Fire Marshal. Eye witnesses report some kind of explosion in the basement of the residence began the entire incident.
