Raw video: Triple fatal fire in Stevens, Pennsylvania.
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Three members of one family died in a house fire early this morning in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The video above was shot by pumpfirehd on YouTube. Here is an excerpt from the details posted with the video on the website makinthehit.com:
Chief 110 took the command and transmitted the second alarm on arrival with multiple add'l EMS being added. Crews on first and second alarm worked through heavy fire and smoke conditions to search the home for the trapped victims. During operations the EVAC tones were alerted as crews started to make entry to the second floor from ground ladder. The second floor flashed as crews exited the the fire floor onto ladders
The fire was discovered around 12:30 a.m. in the home on the first block of South Line Road in Stevens. Someone inside the home called 911, but by the time firefighters arrived, the home was engulfed. At least eight fire companies responded.
The blaze killed Melvin Rissler, 83, his wife Patty Rissler, 54, and their 24-year-old daughter Rachel Rissler.
Another of the couple's daughters, Heather, 17, was injured when she leaped from a second-floor window of the family home in Stevens.
East Cocalico Township Police Officer Brian Dilliplaine, who was trying to catch the girl as she jumped, and a firefighter, whose identity was not available early today, also were injured as they responded to the fire, said Stevens Fire Company spokesman Delvin Martin.
The 17-year-old girl and the two emergency workers were treated and released from Ephrata Community Hospital after the fire, Martin said.
