{"id":229614,"date":"2026-06-27T12:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229614\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T12:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:35:07","slug":"2-kids-arrested-for-allegedly-setting-six-alarm-fire-that-tore-through-several-pennsylvania-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229614\/","title":{"rendered":"2 kids arrested for allegedly setting six-alarm fire that tore through several Pennsylvania homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two kids have been arrested for setting a devastating blaze that ripped through several buildings in Pennsylvania and left dozens homeless.<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified minors set off the inferno in Allentown Wednesday night at around 8:45 p.m. at an abandoned warehouse on Front Street, before it quickly raged out of control, local <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/2-juveniles-charged-arson-following-massive-6-alarm-fire-allentown-pa\/19389886\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WPVI<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The six-alarm fire spread across the street, tearing through eight homes \u2014 six of which were destroyed \u2014 leaving seven families displaced, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.71812081;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39817108\" width=\"1014\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/two-juveniles-arrested-connection-massive-132463610.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of a large commercial building engulfed in a massive six-alarm fire.\" class=\"wp-image-39817108\"  \/>The Allentown inferno tore through eight homes on Wednesday. ABC6<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.52154532;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39817109\" width=\"898\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/two-juveniles-arrested-connection-massive-132463613.jpg\" alt=\"The remains of a severely damaged brick commercial building with a collapsed roof and multiple broken windows, secured by a metal fence.\" class=\"wp-image-39817109\"  \/>The fire allegedly set by two minors left several families homeless. ABC6<\/p>\n<p>Fire officials said the radiant heat \u2014 not direct flames \u2014 caused the fire to spread from the warehouse.<\/p>\n<p>One firefighter suffered minor injuries. No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Each suspect is facing charges of arson, recklessly endangering another person, conspiracy and causing a catastrophe, the Lehigh County District Attorney announced Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two kids have been arrested for setting a devastating blaze that ripped through several buildings in Pennsylvania and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[35,28,30,29,302],"class_list":["post-229614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-fires","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229614","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=229614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}