Man, woman, toddler killed in Fulton County house fire | Another child escaped, coroner says
STATE POLICE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY SPENT HOURS OVERNIGHT AT A CRIME SCENE. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE INCIDENT NEAR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT WAS MY NEIGHBOR CALLING OR TEXTING ME AND SAY, YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE. FIRE DAMAGE IS A HOME IN LANCASTER COUNTY. JUST DAYS AFTER THE OWNERS MOVE OUT. WHAT MAY HAVE SPARKED THE FIRE? CONGRESS IS ON VACATION WITHOUT A SPENDING BILL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. HOW IT COULD LEAD TO DELAYS AT THE NATION’S AIRPORTS. NEWS EIGHT AT NOON STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO. STATE POLICE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY SPENT HOURS OVERNIGHT AT A CRIME SCENE IN GREENE TOWNSHIP. TROOPERS WERE CALLED TO THE SUNSET COURT APARTMENTS IN THE AREA OF SUNSET BOULEVARD AND VALLEY PINE. COURT. NEWS EIGHT’S SARAH METZ IS LIVE FROM THE SCENE. SUSAN, STATE POLICE ARE STILL ONLY CALLING THIS A POLICE INCIDENT, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE CORONER WAS HERE THIS MORNING AND DOZENS OF EVIDENCE MARKERS WERE SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE PARKING LOT JUST DOWN THE HILL BEHIND ME. NOW, NEIGHBORS SAY THAT IS THE FRONT OFFICE FOR THE APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES. IT SITS JUST OFF SUNSET BOULEVARD AND VALLEY PINE COURT. YOU CAN SEE IN THIS VIDEO THAT OUR NEWS EIGHT CREW TOOK FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING, THAT IT LOOKS LIKE TROOPERS WERE MARKING WHAT APPEARS TO BE SHELL CASINGS INSIDE THE PARKING LOT. ALTHOUGH WHEN I DID JUST ASK STATE POLICE IF THIS IS A SHOOTING INVESTIGATION, THEY WOULD NOT SAY. NOW, THEY DID SAY THAT MORE INFORMATION WOULD BE RELEASED LATER ON TODAY. WE WILL DEFINITELY BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE FIND OUT MORE, SO BE SURE TO STAY WITH WGAL ONLINE AND ON AIR IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. SARAH METZ, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. THANK YOU SARAH. AN APPARENT ELECTRICAL FIRE DAMAGED A HOME THIS MORNING NEAR MANHEIM, LANCASTER COUNTY. WHERE THE HOMEOWNERS HAD JUST MOVED OUT ON SATURDAY, A NEIGHBOR SAW THE FIRE AROUND 630 ON HOSLER ROAD AND CALLED 911. FIREFIGHTERS GOT THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT A HALF HOUR. PEOPLE WAS ALSO ON THE SCENE. THE HOMEOWNERS SAY THEY HAD MOVED ALL OF THE BELONGINGS OUT AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. WE MOVED OUT OVER THE WEEKEND TO A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY. I COULD HEAR THE TEXTS. PIGGY PIGGY PINGING, SO I THOUGHT, I GUESS I BETTER CHECK. SO IT WAS MY NEIGHBOR CALLING OR TEXTING ME AND SAY, YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE. THE POLICE AND THE FIRE ENGINES ARE HERE. YOU SHOULD HURRY OUT. THE GUYS SAY THEY HAVE A BUYER FOR THE HOME. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THEY BELIEVE IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE CAUSED BY EITHER A PANEL IN THE BASEMENT OR A SHORTAGE FROM THE POWER LINE OUTSIDE A FIRE YESTERDAY IN LANCASTER KILLED ONE PERSON AND MULTIPLE PETS. THE FIRE STARTED YESTERDAY MORNING IN A HOME ON EAST WALNUT STREET. A NEIGHBOR IN A CONNECTING HOME SAYS HER SMOKE DETECTORS WENT OFF. I WENT ON TO THE KITCHEN AND LOOKED OUT IN THE BACK WINDOW AND THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. THERE WERE FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE BACK WINDOW, AND SO I GRABBED MY PHONE AND I CALLED 911. CHIEF SAYS THE HOME WHERE THE FIRE STARTED DID NOT HAVE WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS. A PERSON WHO WAS FOUND ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN A BATHROOM DIED AT THE HOSPITAL OF THEIR INJURIES. THE CORONER HAS NOT YET RELEASED THEIR NAME. THE CHIEF SAYS THERE WERE SEVERE HOARDING CONDITIONS ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE HOME, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO FIGHT THE FIRE. HE SAYS ONE FIREFIGHTER WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL FOR MINOR BURNS. SHIPPENSBURG POLICE SAY THAT THEY WERE NOTIFIED OF MULTIPLE VEHICLE BREAK INS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THEY SAY THEY HAPPENED STARTING AROUND 930 FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL ABOUT 3 A.M. SATURDAY NEAR STEWART PLACE, CUMBERLAND AVENUE AND MONTGOMERY AVENUE. THEY ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH OUTDOOR CAMERAS TO CHECK FOR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, AND REPORTED TO POLICE. A WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS STARTING TODAY IN DERRY TOWNSHIP, DAUPHIN COUNTY. IT’S HAPPENING ON SOUTH HILLS DRIVE BETWEEN TIMBERLANE AND HILLTOP LANE. POLICE SAY DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT LANE CLOSURES OR PARTIAL ROAD CLOSURES. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT A MONTH. WORK WILL BE DONE FROM EIGHT IN THE MORNING UNTIL FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON. LOOKING LIVE FROM OUR SKYCAM NETWORK. KIND OF A GRAY, CLOUDY DAY AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. METEOROLOGIST MIKE SUSKO IS HERE WITH MORE ON OUR FORECAST. MIKE. GOOD AFTERNOON SUSAN. YEAH, WE DID SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW IN PARTS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY LAST NIGHT. EARLY THIS MORNING, GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH THOUGH. HERE’S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM AROUND THE AREA. HERSHEY AROUND A HALF AN INCH THERE IN LEBANON HAS THE HIGHEST AT EIGHT INCHES. 8/10 OF AN INCH. LANCASTER CITY GOT ABOUT A TRACE IN DENVER, AND LANCASTER COUNTY GOT AROUND 3/10 OF AN INCH. CARLISLE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. WE ARE SEEING A GRAY SKIES AT THE MOMENT HERE IN CURRENT TEMPERATURE RIGHT NOW. 36 IN CARLISLE. AND ALSO IN HARRISBURG, 34 IN LANCASTER. IT’S 39 IN GETTYSBURG. THAT IS THE WARM SPOT, AND 37 IN YORK. STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR SHOWING WE’RE DRY, BUT WE ARE STILL HANGING AROUND WITH THE CLOUDS AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY TODAY. SO YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST, YOU CAN EXPECT THOSE TEMPERATURES TO GET TO AROUND 42, WHICH IS AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO A SEASONABLE DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS, JUST CLOUDY ACROSS THE AREA. AND THEN FOR TONIGHT WE WILL DROP BACK TO AROUND THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS PARTS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. A STRAY SHOWER CAN’T BE RULED OUT COMPLETELY, BUT I THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE MORE THE EXCEPTION THAN THE RULE HERE. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE FORECAST AND SHOW YOU WHEN WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN. IN A LITTLE BIT, SUSAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THE NATION’S AIRPORTS ARE BRACING FOR TRAVEL DELAYS IF IT DRAGS ON. NBC SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT GABE GUTIERREZ HAS THE LATEST. A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS ENTERING ITS THIRD DAY. DEMOCRATS REFUSING TO FUND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ONGOING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT POLICIES. AFTER TWO AMERICAN CITIZENS WERE SHOT DEAD IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE’VE DRAWN A HARD LINE IN THE SAND ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AMONG THE REFORMS, DEMOCRATS WANT A UNIFORM CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ICE OPERATIONS THAT ICE AGENTS STOPPED WEARING FACE MASKS AND OBTAIN WARRANTS SIGNED BY A JUDGE BEFORE MAKING ARRESTS. THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT SAID HE’LL MAKE ANY CONCESSIONS. WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. WE HAVE. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO PROTECT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. FOR NOW, DEMOCRATS HOLDING FIRM OVER THE WEEKEND, FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKING OUT ABOUT ICE IN A NEW PODCAST INTERVIEW. SO THE ROGUE BEHAVIOR OF. AGENTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE IS DEEPLY CONCERNING AND. DANGEROUS. DHS IS A SPRAWLING DEPARTMENT WITH MORE THAN 200,000 EMPLOYEES. IT INCLUDES ICE, BUT ALSO OTHER CRITICAL AGENCIES LIKE FEMA, THE COAST GUARD AND THE TSA. THOSE EMPLOYEES WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK WITHOUT PAY DURING A SHUTDOWN, THOUGH ICE HAS ALREADY RECEIVED $75 BILLION LAST YEAR THROUGH WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED HIS BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL. THEY’RE NOT STOPPING ICE FROM DOING THEIR JOB. ALL THIS IS POLITICAL THEATER. THE NATION’S AIRPORTS NOW BRACING FOR POTENTIAL TRAVEL DELAYS IF THE SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON. THE LAST ONE LASTED 43 DAYS AND SOME UNPAID TSA EMPLOYEES CALLED OUT FROM WORK, CREATING MASSIVE DELAYS NATIONWIDE. YOU CAN ONLY PLAN SO FAR AHEAD BEFORE FOOD STARTS GOING BAD. OR HOW MANY HOW MANY CUPS OF RAMEN SOUP AM I GOING TO FEED MY KIDS? ROBERTO ECHEVARRIA IS A TSA OFFICER IN SALT LAKE CITY. INSTEAD OF US FOCUSING 100% ON NATIONAL SECUR
Man, woman, toddler killed in Fulton County house fire | Another child escaped, coroner says
Updated: 12:53 PM EST Feb 16, 2026
Three people, including a child, died in a house fire in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, according to the coroner’s office. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. Officials said a fire broke out at a single-family home in the 1700 block of Pleasant Ridge Road in Belfast Township around 12:30 a.m. According to the coroner, a man, a woman and a toddler were killed in the fire and pronounced dead at the scene. All three victims died from smoke inhalation with hypoxic respiratory failure, the coroner said. Their names have not yet been released. Officials said another child was able to escape from the fire and was transported to the hospital for evaluation. The cause of the blaze is unknown. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.
BELFAST TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
Three people, including a child, died in a house fire in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, according to the coroner’s office.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
Officials said a fire broke out at a single-family home in the 1700 block of Pleasant Ridge Road in Belfast Township around 12:30 a.m.
According to the coroner, a man, a woman and a toddler were killed in the fire and pronounced dead at the scene.
All three victims died from smoke inhalation with hypoxic respiratory failure, the coroner said. Their names have not yet been released.
Officials said another child was able to escape from the fire and was transported to the hospital for evaluation.
The cause of the blaze is unknown.
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating.
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