4/24/21 - Harrisburg, PA - N. 2nd St

On Saturday morning, not long after the “D” platoon went on duty, the toned dropped for Box 1-3 for a reported structure fire at 1117 N. 2nd Street in the midtown section of the city. Wagon 3, Squad 8, Tower 1, Tryck 2, and Battalion Chief 7 (Bastinelli) made up the initial response. County Fire advised responding units of multiple calls, smoke form the apartment/balcony, and unknown if anyone is still inside. Tower 1 arrived at 0804 hours with a 3 story, brick, fire showing from the second floor on the D side. A line was stretched from Wagon 3 to the second floor for initial fire attack. Chief 7 assumed incident command and requested the first alarm assignment at 0805 hours bringing Wagon 4, Rescue 69, Air 13, and Chief 2 to the scene. A second line was stretched to the third floor as fire was extending to the third floor via the D side balcony. The fire was contained primarily to the exterior balconies and slight extension to the interior of the second floor. All searches of multiple apartments in the building were negative. A dog was removed from the third floor about 10 minutes into the incident. The Red Cross assisted with displaced occupants. Chief 7 cleared the scene at 1100 hours.