Liberty Hose Co. No. 2 - Incident Detail #605

A first alarm assignment was dispatched for a commercial structure fire in the United States Post Office located at 666 Main Street in Lykens Borough. Earlier this same evening, a small fire in the Elizabethville Borough Post Office had been reported and controlled by Company-21. This call came in approximately two hours after Elizabethville's. Engine-22, Truck-22, Engine-23, Squad-23, Engine-24, and EMS responded. Engine-22 arrived on scene at side-1 and found heavy smoke pushing from the front door of the Post Office, with the front windows darkened down. Initial attack was made through the front door, with Engine-23 arriving on side-3, forcing the rear door, and initiating an attack from that direction. Truck-22 set up on side-1/4 and laddered the structure. Engine-24 set up with Engine-23 on side-3. The fire was knocked down in a few minutes, with a significant amount of smoke still remaining in the building. Don's Food Rite, next door, was opened and checked for possible extensions, with none found. Crews set up ventilation of the fire building and checked for remaining hot spots. Dispatch was notified of a possible link to the earlier Elizabethville Post Office Fire and requests by command were made for a PSP fire marshal and US Postal Inspectors to be sent to the scene. The scene was then secured as a possible crime scene until the arrival of the Harrisburg City arson officer and dog. The scene was turned over to PSP and crews returned all apparatus to service.