Raw video: Dump truck hits PA's Leithsville VFC sparking four-alarm fire that destroys firehouse.
Video above from Newsworking’s Bill Rohrer.
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Manuel Garniz Jr., The Morning Call:
Leithsville Volunteer Fire Company’s station near Hellertown went up in flames Thursday after a dump truck hauling asphalt crashed into the building and exploded, with the driver barely escaping, according to witnesses and emergency radio dispatches.
Firefighters and tanker trucks from mutual aid stations in Northampton, Bucks and Lehigh counties responded to the three-alarm fire, reported around 1 p.m.
Firefighters on scene initially reported flames from three of the four bays of the fire station at 1995 Leithsville Road, which is Route 412 in Lower Saucon Township. It quickly spread to the entire building, reportedly consuming the department’s vehicles and equipment
AP:
The fire at the Leithsville Volunteer Fire Company on Thursday afternoon went to three alarms, bringing firefighters from several surrounding communities to battle the blaze.
Fire officials said the driver of the dump truck that crashed into the firehouse was hospitalized with serious burns to his arms. His name was not released.
The volunteer fire company lost a tanker truck, an engine and a brush truck in the blaze. No one was at the firehouse when the fire broke out.
AP Photo/Express-Times, Dan Clerico
