{"id":230930,"date":"2026-06-29T14:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230930\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:15:13","slug":"two-teens-face-multiple-charges-for-fire-that-gutted-allentown-pa-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/230930\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Teens Face Multiple Charges for Fire that Gutted Allentown, PA, Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities announced Friday the arrests of two juveniles on arson and related charges in\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.firehouse.com\/operations-training\/video\/55386470\/vacant-furniture-factory-destroyed-in-six-alarm-blaze-in-allentown-pa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firehouse.com\/operations-training\/video\/55386470\/vacant-furniture-factory-destroyed-in-six-alarm-blaze-in-allentown-pa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wednesday night\u2019s massive fire that gutted a former furniture factory<\/a>\u00a0and displaced dozens of neighboring residents.<\/p>\n<p>The two were being held in juvenile detention and face charges including arson, reckless endangerment, conspiracy and causing a catastrophe,\u00a0Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan\u00a0and\u00a0Allentown Police\u00a0Chief\u00a0Charles Roca\u00a0announced.<\/p>\n<p>One firefighter was injured during the response, which grew to six alarms, bringing in manpower and trucks from surrounding communities.<\/p>\n<p>Several properties on\u00a0North Front Street\u00a0were destroyed in the blaze, according to Holihan\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities were not immediately identifying the juveniles\u2019 names or releasing further information.<\/p>\n<p>\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\u00a0Allentown Fire Department;\u00a0Allentown Police; the\u00a0Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; as well as community fire departments and other agencies offering assistance to affected residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United Way\u00a0of the\u00a0Greater Lehigh Valley\u00a0on Friday announced an\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/allentown\/2026\/06\/united-way-creates-fund-for-allentown-furniture-factory-fire-victims.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/allentown\/2026\/06\/united-way-creates-fund-for-allentown-furniture-factory-fire-victims.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">emergency relief fund to help the 20 adults and six children displaced<\/a>\u00a0from their homes by the fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92026 Advance Local Media LLC. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lehighvalleylive.com<\/a>. Distributed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribunecontentagency.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tribune Content Agency, LLC.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities announced Friday the arrests of two juveniles on arson and related charges in\u00a0Wednesday night\u2019s massive fire that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-230930","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\/230930","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=230930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}