This fire has been ruled Arson!
Raw thermal video from a working structure fire in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pa 10 homes lost
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10:40 SCCC (Schuylkill County Communications Center) dispatched a 1st alarm working structure fire at vacant home located at 401 East Centre Str. Shenandoah.
The first arriving units found a fully involved structure at Center and Union Street as the fire spread to neighboring structures on Union and Mount Vernon Streets. The call was upgraded to 2nd and eventually to 4th alarm with TTF and Special call as the fire consumed 10 vacant homes and a Commercial Establishment (bar) according to borough Fire Marshal Richard Examitas.
The 2nd division on the “D” side eventually collapsed forcing fire fighters to concentrate efforts to save neighboring structures as defensive operations were commencing as the fire spread.
Past fires at this location had been ruled Arson in 2014.
This was the 3rd of 4 working fires in the borough today.
This incident is under investigation state police and local fire marshals.
While units were still working this incident another fire was discovered across town at 226 South Ferguson Street, Shenandoah also vacant. The first in units found neighbors using fire extinguishers and a green line to control and extinguish the fire. The fire companies made quick work of this incident prior to returning to the original call.