{"id":109540,"date":"2026-02-09T23:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/109540\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T23:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:51:10","slug":"firefighter-injured-in-northampton-county-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/109540\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighter injured in Northampton County house fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"O2UPLHGICVGHRPKSUWGQAW42CM\">A firefighter was injured when flames tore through a two-story home Sunday evening in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/topic\/Hanover%20Township\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/topic\/Hanover%20Township\">Hanover Township, <\/a>Northampton County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"R5S4UODTHRAM3GNO33TWMVIE6Q\">Hanover Township Volunteer Fire Co. Chief Scott VanWhy told lehighvalleylive.com flames ignited around 9:15 p.m. at the residence in the 400 block of Sugar Maple Court. All occupants were able to escape safely on their own, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Z7YP23HQWRDFLC5QKDTSPK4DBE\">Asked if crews were focusing on a particular area of the structure, VanWhy said the fire was \u201cwell involved upon arrival.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DC6IH5PNHJAVNJCHCX4AA4FVBY\">The blaze quickly went to three alarms to bring in more manpower. About 15 agencies responded to help the Hanover Township crew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"N57O6EQAKNHG5B3MQFDOKWOUZM\">VanWhy said firefighters faced hurdles with gear freezing up and water freezing almost instantly in single-digit temperatures. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/phi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/phi\">National Weather Service<\/a> forecast wind chills plunging to 10 to 25 degrees below zero Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OGI3OXWV2FCRDMCIWBIO6MDTSM\">\u201cWe had to keep rotating guys and had to bring in extra manpower to keep up with the rotations,\u201d VanWhy said.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Firefighter injured in Northampton County house fire\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6DUAD4UVIJGRZCSSGRBTF4H5LU.png\"  \/>One firefighter slipped on ice while battling a three-alarm blaze Sunday evening, Feb. 8, 2026 in Northampton County. The home on Sugar Maple Court is now uninhabitable.Dan Clerico | For lehighvalleylive.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JBEH47FICBCTBLCV2QROGKO364\">One firefighter was injured after slipping on the ice and suffering a fall, VanWhy said. No civilians were reported injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OUWIGIXGHFGONHMXXREOPUHAH4\">A fire hydrant covered in snow had to be dug out by neighbors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OOLLLBKLMFDLHB5LGRMHL4QJ4U\">It took a while to get flames under control, VanWhy said. Crews stayed at the scene until 1:30 a.m. Monday in bitter cold temperatures checking for hot spots, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"M57PIMQCQRAHDHDHT5U6BYJR5M\">The home has since been deemed uninhabitable by township fire officials. The family is staying with relatives, VanWhy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MI6IXTL7MVAEXEGTJ3FN2RCFEI\">The cause of Sunday\u2019s blaze remains under investigation by township fire officials.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Firefighter injured in Northampton County house fire\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OWOEIDAEW5HIHFQWNBKLW2MWE4.png\"  \/>One firefighter slipped on ice while battling a three-alarm blaze Sunday evening, Feb. 8, 2026 in Northampton County. The home on Sugar Maple Court is now uninhabitable.Dan Clerico | For lehighvalleylive.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A firefighter was injured when flames tore through a two-story home Sunday evening in Hanover Township, Northampton County.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-109540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}