{"id":230398,"date":"2026-06-28T16:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230398\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T16:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:33:22","slug":"6-alarm-allentown-fire-was-arson-2-juveniles-in-custody-on-charges-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230398\/","title":{"rendered":"6-alarm Allentown fire was arson, 2 juveniles in custody on charges: DA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RRJVZE2OVBDHNBE7UBARZVYTYU\">Authorities announced Friday the arrests of two juveniles on arson and related charges in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/allentown\/2026\/06\/allentown-fire-6-alarm-blaze-rips-through-former-factory-displaces-several-fire-official-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/allentown\/2026\/06\/allentown-fire-6-alarm-blaze-rips-through-former-factory-displaces-several-fire-official-says.html\">Wednesday night\u2019s massive fire that gutted a former furniture factory<\/a> and displaced dozens of neighboring residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3W65FUKT6RF53PSWRJPWGNRLSI\">The two were being held in juvenile detention and face charges including arson, reckless endangerment, conspiracy and causing a catastrophe, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan and Allentown Police Chief Charles Roca announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3VUTXN6WRZALZBW6QTFJICEBGQ\">One firefighter was injured during the response, which grew to six alarms, bringing in manpower and trucks from surrounding communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6ONVU5JCOBFKXES54AEFVETDSY\">Several properties on North Front Street were destroyed in the blaze, according to Holihan\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"G6DJAENERND6DLXVZPK3DZNPTQ\">Authorities were not immediately identifying the juveniles\u2019 names or releasing further information. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OOTPZFMHXRADZJVTAIP3237KPA\">\u201cThe investigation remains ongoing,\u201d a news release from Holihan and Roca stated. \u201cWe would also like to recognize the efforts of many agencies that helped with this investigation including Allentown Fire Department; Allentown Police; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; as well as community fire departments and other agencies offering assistance to affected residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TMT2A4PPMJADLOFGSYJFTMZNXM\">United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley on Friday announced an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/allentown\/2026\/06\/united-way-creates-fund-for-allentown-furniture-factory-fire-victims.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/allentown\/2026\/06\/united-way-creates-fund-for-allentown-furniture-factory-fire-victims.html\">emergency relief fund to help the 20 adults and six children displaced<\/a> from their homes by the fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities announced Friday the arrests of two juveniles on arson and related charges in Wednesday night\u2019s massive fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-230398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230398","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=230398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}