Early morning fire engulfs Pine Street home in Sheppton
SUBMITTED PHOTO - Flames engulf a trailer home in the East Union Township village of Sheppton early Saturday morning, 11/11/2017.
By Kaylee Lindenmuth
SHEPPTON – Shortly after 6:00am, fire crews from across northern Schuylkill County and southern Luzerne County were dispatched to the 100 block of West Pine Street for a fully involved house fire.
Crews arrived to find a trailer home at 119 West Pine engulfed in flames.
A tanker task force was called to the scene, bringing tankers from Harwood, Shenandoah, Mahanoy City, and Ringtown, among others.
The trailer was reported to be a total loss.
No injuries were reported, and two were displaced by the early morning fire.
Units responding were from Sheppton-Oneida, Nuremberg-Weston, Hazle Township, Harwood, Shenandoah, Mahanoy City, Ringtown, and Shenandoah Ambulance.
Steward’s Store, in Sheppton, provided hot coffee for firefighters, as they endured temperatures below freezing.
Crews from Sheppton-Oneida remained on scene extinguishing hotspots until around 9:00am.
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