Metro Harrisburg Fire Photos 2009
Saturday, January 24 - Derry Township - Deer Run and Fawn Rds
During the mid-afternoon hours Box 48-3 toned out for a reported structure fire in the area of Middletown and Deer Run Roads. Calls reported to be smoke from a town home later updated to fire on the first floor. Engine and Truck 46 (Hummelstown) arrived to a working fire in a two-story town home that was in the finishing stages of construction. The fire was located on Fawn Way, just off of Deer Run. Firefighters started off with an interior attack and after about 5 minutes switched to defensive mode. The fire quickly traveled up the walls to the second floor and cockloft, before being cut off and preventing further damage. The fire was placed under control in about 45 minutes. Units on the scene: Engines 46, 48-1, 88, Trucks 46, 48, Rescues 46, 48, 88, Tankers 2, 54, 59, and Air 48.