Updated: 8:55 am Saturday Nov 16 , 2024
At least one person was airlifted to Temple University Hospital and a total of five victims are being treated for injuries, in a three-alarm fire in Langhorne early Saturday morning blaze that is now under investigation by Pennsylvania State Police and Middletown Twp authorities
Langhorne-Middletown Fire Chief Frank Farry, according to Emergency Services Reporter Ron Roberts, made the announcement shortly after the fire was brought under control.Farry said the building houses two apartments and was occupied, with all the residents hospitalized currently who resided in the three-story home.
The same house was targeted last month before election day when politically related signs and or flags were allegedly set on fire on the front lawn of the home, sources told Lower Bucks Source this morning.
Roberts said at one point during the fire porch roof collapsed while fire fighters were nearby fighting the blaze but were unharmed by the collapse.
There were no fire fighter injuries reported.
Credit: Ron Roberts
First responders were dispatched approximately 5:05 a.m. with a second-alarm called at 5:24 and the third called at 5:52 to the fully engulfed duplex located at 150 W. Richardson Avenue.
An unidentified person was whisked by ambulance, the nature of their injuries are unknown as of publication time.
As of 7:55 a.m., the firefighters have the blaze under control, sources are telling Lower Bucks Source.
This is still developing story with expected updates.
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