Liberty Hose Co. No. 2 - Incident Detail #598

Units from Schuylkill and Dauphin Counties were dispatched Wednesday evening, December 2nd, for a structure fire at the home of Tower City Volunteer Fire Company Chief, Aaron Scheib. At 20:15, Dauphin County Truck-22 out of Station-22 in Lykens and Engine-24 out of Station-24 in Williamstown were dispatched, mutual aid to Schuylkill County, to 100 West Grand Avenue for a structure fire in Tower City Borough. Units from Schuylkill County already dispatched included Tower City, Reinerton, Sheridan, and Muir fire companies. Moments later, Tankers from Dauphin County Stations 22 (Lykens), 23 (Wiconisco), and 24 (Williamstown) were dispatched to assist. Truck-22 arrived approximately 9 minutes later and saw a fully involved double wood frame home, with the back completely consumed and fire rapidly spreading to the front on all exposures. After repositioning on side-3 in a side street, the truckies ventilated while engine company personnel worked their way through the interior, eventually achieving a knockdown.

Unfortunately, the structure was gutted. Tremont Fire Company was dispatched to provide a second air unit (Tower City air-light was already on scene) and an engine to standby for units on scene. Tower City EMS was also on the scene. There were no reported injuries. Mutual aid units began returning to quarters at approximately 22:40. Truck-22 cleared the scene and returned to quarters at 23:00.