Apartment fire displaces 20 in Mount Carmel

PHOTO COURTESY / Northumberland County's Fire & Rescue Departments Firewire - The scene of a two alarm apartment fire in Mount Carmel.

Sentinel Staff Reports

MOUNT CARMEL, Northumberland County – An apartment fire in the borough of Mount Carmel displaced about 20 tenants, reports indicated.

Fire crews from Mount Carmel and the surrounding areas were brought to the three-story apartment complex at North Maple and East Second Streets around 3:00pm for the blaze, which struck a second alarm.

Ashland and Englewood firefighters from northern Schuylkill responded as well as various Northumberland County companies.

20 building residents got out safely, WNEP-TV reports, though the same could not be said for a multitude of pets.

A state police fire marshal will be investigating.

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