Six people are displaced after a house fire in York County. The fire started around 12:48 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Torrey Pines Drive in East Manchester Township. When fire crews arrived on scene, they found heavy fire in the basement of the home, which had spread to the first floor. The fire was upgraded to a second-alarm. It took crews almost an hour to get the fire under control, according to Union Fire Company No. 1’s Fire Chief. The home is a total loss and the six people who lived there are now being cared for by The Red Cross, says the chief. The cause of the fire was electrical in nature. The Pennsylvania State Police and Fire Marshal are investigating the specific cause. No one was injured. All roads around the home are now open.
EAST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
Six people are displaced after a house fire in York County.
The fire started around 12:48 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Torrey Pines Drive in East Manchester Township.
When fire crews arrived on scene, they found heavy fire in the basement of the home, which had spread to the first floor. The fire was upgraded to a second-alarm.
It took crews almost an hour to get the fire under control, according to Union Fire Company No. 1’s Fire Chief.
The home is a total loss and the six people who lived there are now being cared for by The Red Cross, says the chief.
The cause of the fire was electrical in nature. The Pennsylvania State Police and Fire Marshal are investigating the specific cause.
No one was injured.
All roads around the home are now open.