{"id":209162,"date":"2026-06-03T04:45:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/209162\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T04:45:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:45:31","slug":"explosive-garage-fire-destroys-building-in-northern-lehigh-county-northern-lehigh-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/209162\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosive garage fire destroys building in northern Lehigh County | Northern Lehigh County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEISENBERG TWP., Pa. &#8211; Multiple fire crews responded Tuesday evening after a garage erupted in an explosive fire in Weisenberg Township, Lehigh County.<\/p>\n<p>A firefighter on scene told 69 News that the fire was located at the 7800 block of Weisenberg Church Road.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Explosive garage fire destroys building in Lehigh County\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a1f894c563c2.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    WFMZ-TV | Kordell Gustafson<\/p>\n<p>The large garage caught fire, and crews reported several explosions as they arrived, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 69 News photographer, the garage\u2014 filled with auto parts and equipment \u2014 was fully engulfed when firefighters from Weisenberg, Lynn Township, and Germansville reached the property.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Explosive garage fire destroys building in northern Lehigh County\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a1f89b861289.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    WFMZ-TV | Kordell Gustafson<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported. The 40\u2011by\u201150\u2011foot garage was destroyed, and a nearby shed also sustained fire damage.<\/p>\n<p>A Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal is investigating the cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEISENBERG TWP., Pa. &#8211; Multiple fire crews responded Tuesday evening after a garage erupted in an explosive fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,91866,3891,422,57630,813,30462,433,1224,59374,54030],"class_list":["post-209162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-auto-parts","tag-explosion","tag-fire","tag-fire-investigation","tag-firefighters","tag-garage-fire","tag-lehigh-county","tag-pennsylvania-state-police","tag-property-damage","tag-weisenberg-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209162","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=209162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}