12/14/12 - Penbrook Borough - S. 30th Street

Around 2240 hours Box 301 sent companies to 502 S. 30th Street for a reported fire in the apartment. Engine 32-1 (Progress) went on location with heavy smoke showing from the first floor of a 2 story, apartment building. A full first alarm was requested as crews geared up for an aggressive attack on the fire. A line was pulled and stretched into the front doorway where crews worked their way to the seat of the fire and quickly began extinguishment. The place was opened up and all searches proved negative. The fire was placed under control in about 20 minutes. 5 adults and 3 children were displaced in the fire that heavily damaged the four unit apartment building and sent heavy smoke throughout. Units on location: Engine 30 (Penbrook), 31 (Edgemont), 32-1 (Progress), 33 (Colonial Park), Engine 41 (Bressler), Squad 45 (Rutherford), Wagon 4 (Harrisburg), Truck 32 (Progress), 34 (Paxtonia), Rescue 49 (Swatara), and Air 35 (Linglestown).