Chester County hearth in Parkesburg Borough, Pennsylvania duplex damages 6 houses, displaces 22 on Easter Sunday

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Chester County hearth in Parkesburg Borough, Pennsylvania duplex damages 6 houses, displaces 22 on Easter Sunday

PARKESBURG, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Flames destroyed a row of duplexes in Chester County on Sunday morning simply as residents have been beginning to have a good time Easter.

The fireplace began at roughly 3 a.m. in Parkesburg on the 100 block of Washington Avenue.


Fireplace officers say it started behind one of many duplexes and unfold to 2 neighboring models.

In whole, six houses have been engulfed by the blaze.

Spencer Nichols from Parkesburg was one of many first on the scene to name 911.

He says he was prepping for Easter dinner when he first noticed the flames bursting from the duplexes.

“Simply unhappy, it is a unhappy time proper now,” he mentioned. “It was 15 and 17 handle on the hearth. They’d photo voltaic panels on the roof, I assume they went to throw water on it, after which proper after have been two explosions.”

Officers say roughly 80 firefighters have been wanted to get the flames below management.

“As a result of excessive quantity of fireplace that was current, the 2 further publicity duplexes caught hearth. That leaves us with the loss behind us, an unlucky one on a vacation, of six houses,” mentioned Chief Bryan Gathercikd with the Key Stone Valley Fireplace Division in Chester County.

One firefighter suffered accidents when he was briefly trapped inside the house.
No different accidents have been reported.

The Purple Cross helps 22 displaced residents on the Parkesburg Borough Corridor.

Officers say donations are additionally being collected for these displaced on the corridor. Most residents solely have what was on them throughout the hearth, and officers say present playing cards would go a good distance.

Present playing cards might be from grocery shops, Walmarts, Wawas, and so on., and might be set to any quantity.

Many native households have additionally stopped by with Easter provides. Parkesburg officers mentioned Dunkin Donuts supplied donuts and occasional to the victims, and Councilman Dave Mellima introduced Easter treats.

“They’ll get better,” mentioned Parkesburg Borough Supervisor Joe Reali. “We’ll get better. Emergency providers are in place, and the assist for these folks can be there.”

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Investigators are nonetheless working to determine what sparked the hearth.

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