Emergency responders were called to knock down a destructive fire at a Bethlehem Township home on Jodi Court during Tuesday\u2019s sweltering heat.<\/p>\n
The garage and the second floor of the home in the township\u2019s Wagner Farms area were badly damaged, and the fire spread to a nearby shed. Several local emergency crews were alerted to the fire after 2 p.m. <\/p>\n
No one was home at the time the fire started, and the family dog was safely removed without harm, according to township police<\/a>.<\/p>\n Firefighters labored in dangerously hot and humid conditions that persisted throughout the afternoon. High temperatures extended into the low 90s with real-feel heat index values around 95 degrees across the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n The township\u2019s Nancy Run Fire Co.<\/a> reported the fire under control at 2:23 p.m. and out as of 3:02 p.m. <\/p>\n The fire company later Tuesday afternoon responded to a tractor-trailer rollover crash with fire on Route 33 South<\/a> near Interstate 78. It was the township fire crews\u2019 fifth emergency call of the day.<\/p>\n