LUZERNE COUNTY, PA – Shortly after 7:30 PM on Monday, May 26, Luzerne County 9-1-1 dispatched Hazle Township Fire/Rescue and APTS Medic 11 to 11 Getz Drive in Hazle Township for a reported house on fire. McAdoo Engine 49-15 and Quint 49-22 were due out of Schuylkill County and Trescow Fire out of Carbon County was also on the first alarm.
The fire was quickly confirmed as a worker when a portable unit arrived on scene and found fire showing from the rear of the single family dwelling. Hazle Township Command requested additional tankers be dispatched to the scene.
Quint 49-22 arrived on the scene and took the driveway and stretched a line to the rear of the building and began to knock down the exterior fire. Engine 49-15 arrived and fed the quint. Hazle Twp. Engine 102 arrived and fed 49-15. Additional lines were stretched into the building. Hazle Twp. Tower 7 arrived and their crew began to ladder the building.
Hazle Twp. Engine 3 and Tanker 6 set up a dump pond on Route 309 and secured a water supply. West Hazleton Fire was dispatched to set up a fill site for the tankers a few miles down the road.
The bulk of the fire was knocked down within thirty minutes of the initial dispatch and crews began to overhaul the structure. Within the hour, the additional tankers were released from the scene and the fire was placed under control.
A fire marshal from the Pennsylvania State Police was requested into the scene to help investigate the cause of the fire. The American Red Cross was also dispatched to assist displaced residents.
