{"id":229081,"date":"2026-06-26T20:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229081\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T20:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:10:09","slug":"da-two-juveniles-in-custody-charged-for-massive-6-alarm-factory-fire-in-allentown-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229081\/","title":{"rendered":"DA: Two juveniles in custody, charged for massive 6-alarm factory fire in Allentown | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Lehigh County officials have announced that two juveniles are in custody in connection with the massive building fire on Wednesday night that destroyed several properties on Front Street in Allentown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan and Allentown Police Chief Charles Roca made the announcement on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both juveniles will not be named and their ages will not be provided, according to officials.<\/p>\n

Due to the age and circumstances of the offense, these charges must proceed through the juvenile system, Lehigh County officials said.<\/p>\n

Officials say both are in juvenile detention currently and the charges include counts of Arson, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Conspiracy and Causing a Catastrophe.<\/p>\n

The old American Atelier furniture factory went up in flames Wednesday night, prompting a large response from local first responders.<\/p>\n

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Old Allentown furniture factory engulfed in flames, historic site’s future uncertain<\/a><\/p>\n

The first calls started coming in reporting the fire just after 8:30 p.m..<\/p>\n

The blaze was so intense, it was called to six alarms.<\/p>\n

The fire forced over two dozen people from their homes, including children.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Very unusual\u2019: Immense 6-alarm factory fire draws 200 regional firefighters to Allentown<\/a><\/p>\n

The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Lehigh County officials have announced that two juveniles are in custody in connection with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,232],"class_list":["post-229081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-allentown-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229081","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=229081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}