Crews battle early morning house fire in Dauphin County<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSAYS THE REMEDIATION COULD TAKE. WGAL NEWS 8. TODAY STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. IT IS 5:00 ON THIS THURSDAY. I\u2019M MATT BARCARO. I\u2019M KATELYN SMITH. LET\u2019S GET A CHECK ON OUR FORECAST WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA FORECAST IS LOOKING GOOD TODAY. IF WE WANTED TO DRY OUT, YOU KNOW, AFTER YESTERDAY\u2019S RAIN, YOU GOT THAT TODAY. WE\u2019RE STARTING OUT ON OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK WITH MOST OF THE RAIN OFF TO OUR EAST NOW AND A LITTLE BIT OF CLEARING TO THE SOUTHWEST. WATCHING THAT CLEARING THOUGH FOR ANY FOG TO DEVELOP, I\u2019M SEEING SOME LOWER VISIBILITY AROUND YORK COUNTY, BUT OTHERWISE FAIRLY GOOD VISIBILITY AS YOU HEAD OUT THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE CHECK RIGHT AROUND 50 DEGREES. AND OUR 12 HOUR FORECAST BRINGS US UP TO NEAR 60. TODAY WE WILL SEE BREAKS OF SUN, BUT ALSO SOME CLOUDS AT TIMES. AND I\u2019LL THROW IN A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BUT OVERALL A NICE LOOKING FORECAST THERE. WE\u2019LL GET SOME BREAKS OF SUN BACK IN HERE AND WARM THINGS UP JUST A BIT. FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS WE\u2019VE BEEN IN THE 50S FOR HIGHS. WHAT TEMPERATURE SHOULD WE BE AT? CLOSE TO 70. DEFINITELY CHANGE. COME ON. MAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 501 ON YOUR THURSDAY MORNING. AND RIGHT NOW WE\u2019RE LOOKING GOOD ACROSS SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. WE\u2019RE MONITORING ONE INCIDENT IN PERRY COUNTY. THIS IS RIGHT OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER THERE TO PERRY COUNTY AND DAUPHIN COUNTY. THIS IS ON ROUTE 322, WESTBOUND HALIFAX AND DUNCANNON. AT THIS HOUR, IT LOOKS LIKE TRAFFIC STILL MOVING ON ROUTE 322. WE\u2019LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT FOR YOU AND WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PEEK. ALSO IN GETTYSBURG, ADAMS COUNTY, BUT I WANTED TO ALSO SHOW YOU SOME DRIVE TIMES. CHAMBERSBURG TO GETTYSBURG, 33 MINUTE DRIVE THERE ON 30 EASTBOUND, 36 MINUTES. IF YOU\u2019RE HEADED THERE FROM HARRISBURG AND 40 MINUTE DRIVE FROM YORK. GETTYSBURG. ANOTHER UPDATE FOR YOU IN A BIT. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. THIS MORNING. BRANT CRUDE OIL PRICES AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS. THEY HAVE BEEN IN FOUR YEARS. OVERNIGHT, THEY ROSE ABOVE $126 A BARREL. FOR COMPARISON, CRUDE WAS TRADING AROUND $70 A BARREL BEFORE THE WAR. SO THAT\u2019S A $50 DIFFERENCE. AND THE HIKE IN COST COMES AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP HELD A MEETING WITH TOP ADVISORS SAYING THAT HE WANTED TO EXTEND THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE OF IRANIAN PORTS. THAT\u2019S ACCORDING TO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH WHAT\u2019S GOING ON. RECENT FACE TO FACE TALKS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN HAVE STALLED, WHICH IS, IN EFFECT, KEEPING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ SHUT DOWN. AND THEN OVERNIGHT, GAS PRICES WENT UP AGAIN AS WELL. ANOTHER $0.02 PER GALLON. IT IS NOW AT 434 PER GALLON. THAT\u2019S THE AVERAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA. THAT\u2019S UP $1.22 A GALLON SINCE THE START OF THE WAR. AND ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, PERRY AND MIFFLIN COUNTIES, AS YOU SEE HERE, ARE AVERAGING HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE. A HANDFUL OF COUNTIES ARE AVERAGING 4.29 THIS MORNING. FRANKLIN COUNTY STILL COMING IN THE LOWEST AVERAGE AT 413. AND WE HAVE A LIVE LOOK AT A GAS STATION IN DAUPHIN COUNTY THIS MORNING THAT IS AT 419 THIS MORNING IN LOWER SWATARA TOWNSHIP. IN OTHER NEWS, FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH AN ORDINANCE THAT SETS REGULATIONS FOR BUILDING AI DATA CENTERS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE BUFFER ZONES FROM ROADS, NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND WATERWAYS. AT A MEETING THIS WEEK, COUNTY LEADERS SAY THEY CAN\u2019T BAN THE CENTERS, BUT SOME RESIDENTS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE NOISE, THE WATER USAGE AND POLLUTION. WHAT ARE WE TO DO WHEN OUR WATER AND OUR ELECTRIC START GOING SKY HIGH? TO SUPPORT THIS THING, YOU KNOW I\u2019LL LOSE MY HOME AFTER WORKING ALL MY LIFE. I WILL LOSE MY HOME IF MY RATES GO UP. THEN WHAT DO YOU DO? TECHNOLOGY IS SUPER. IT\u2019S GREAT. IN FIVE YEARS IT\u2019S OBSOLETE. ARE THEY GOING TO JUST LEAVE THAT THING, SIT THERE AND ROT? A FINAL VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE IS SET FOR MAY 20TH. NEW THIS MORNING. SOME YORK COUNTY RESIDENTS UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY. THE WATER COMPANY SAYS THIS IS AFFECTING SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS ON WHITEFORD ROAD. THE COMPANY SAYS THERE MIGHT BE A LOSS IN WATER PRESSURE AS WELL BECAUSE OF A WATER MAIN BREAK. IT SAYS IT IS TESTING THE WATER FOR CONTAMINANTS, BUT UNTIL THOSE TEST RESULTS COME BACK, THE WATER COMPANY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU BOIL YOUR WATER THERE ON THAT ROAD BEFORE YOU USE IT. NEW THIS MORNING. LANCASTER POLICE SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE PERSON HURT. POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED JUST AFTER EIGHT LAST NIGHT. IT WAS ON NORTH WATER STREET. OFFICERS SAY ONE PERSON WAS SHOT AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. POLICE SO FAR HAVE NOT SAID ANYTHING ABOUT ANY ARRESTS OR SUSPECTS. RIGHT NOW, LANCASTER POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A PRIDE FLAG WAS BURNED OUTSIDE SOMEONE\u2019S HOME. POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED ON NORTH QUEEN STREET TUESDAY NIGHT. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS SOMEONE IN A HOODIE WALKING UP TO THAT FLAG AND TRYING TO SET IT ON FIRE. THE HOMEOWNERS TOOK TO. AND PETER HELMAN SAID, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEIR PRIDE FLAG HAS BEEN TARGETED, BUT IT IS THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE TRIED TO BURN IT. IT\u2019S DEFINITELY DISHEARTENING, BUT IT\u2019S SOMETHING THAT WE WE DO KNOW, LIKE IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS, LIKE WHEN WE PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS UP, IT DOES KIND OF PUT A TARGET ON US. THE COUPLE HAS ALREADY REPLACED THE FLAG. THE FORMER MAYOR OF GETTYSBURG FACED HIS ACCUSERS IN COURT. ONE ACCUSER TESTIFIED THAT HE MET ON A DATING APP AND CAR LATER ASSAULTED HIM WHEN THEY MET AT CARS HOME. ANOTHER SAID CAR CAME INTO HIS ROOM AT NIGHT WHEN THEY WERE LIVING TOGETHER AND ASSAULTED HIM, DESPITE HIM TELLING HIM NOT TO. THE THIRD SAID CAR ASKED HIM FOR INAPPROPRIATE PHOTOS WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD. WHILE ATTENDING A THEATER CAMP IN YORK COUNTY. CAR DOES FACE CHARGES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, SOLICITATION OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND CORRUPTION OF MINORS. HIS NEXT HEARING IS SET FOR JUNE 18TH. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 131 YEAR HISTORY, THE COLUMBIA BOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LANCASTER COUNTY HAS A FEMALE POLICE CHIEF. WE HAVE SOME PICTURES FROM TONIGHT\u2019S BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING. THAT\u2019S WHEN COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED HOLLY ARNDT AS THE NEXT POLICE CHIEF. SHE\u2019LL OFFICIALLY STEP INTO HER NEW ROLE TOMORROW. 506 RIGHT NOW IN LANCASTER COUNTY FARM IS FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THAT LATE FREEZE. WE HAD THAT EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE CROPS AT RISK AND SO IS THEIR INCOME. NEWS 8 GABRIELLE THOMAS IS JOINING US FROM THE CHARLES FAMILY FARM WITH WHAT DOES COME NEXT. AFTER THE OWNERS THERE TOOK THIS HIT TO THEIR CROPS? GOOD MORNING. GABRIELLE. GOOD MORNING, MATT AND KATELYN. WELL, STAFF HERE AT CHARLES FAMILY FARM SAY THE COLD TEMPERATURES THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING ON THOSE FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN DO A LOT OF DAMAGE FAST. NOW, MANY OF THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES HERE AT THE FARM HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, BUT IT\u2019S STILL STRAWBERRY PLANTS THAT YOU SEE HERE THAT WERE REALLY IMPACTED AND HIT THE HARDEST. NOW HAVE JASON CHARLES JOINING ME THIS MORNING. HE\u2019S THE OWNER HERE AT THE FARM. WHAT WAS THAT EXACT MOMENT THAT YOU NOTICED THAT THE STRAWBERRY PLANTS WERE HIT? IT WAS THAT NIGHT WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THE COVERS OUT. WE KNEW IT WAS ALREADY COLD. IT WAS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ALREADY. IT WAS PREDICTED TO GET DOWN INTO THE 2225 DEGREE RANGE, AND IT 22. WE KNEW WITH THE COVERS THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOME DAMAGE. WE HAVE SOME STRAWBERRY PLANTS HERE. DO YOU MIND SHOWING US, JASON, WHAT A GOOD STRAWBERRY LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT A NOT SO GOOD ONE LOOKS LIKE. YEAH, SO A GOOD ONE RIGHT HERE. GABRIELLE. YOU WANT THAT NICE YELLOW CENTER AND A BAD ONE. THIS IS WHAT WE DON\u2019T WANT IS THE ONES THAT HAVE THE BLACK. THEY\u2019RE BASICALLY DEAD. THE COLD, FROZEN. THERE\u2019S MORE RIGHT HERE. LIKE THIS WHOLE CLUSTER IS ALL DEAD. SO, YEAH. SO WHAT\u2019S NEXT FOR YOU ALL RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, I KNOW IT\u2019S BEEN A CHALLENGE TRYING TO SAVE WHATEVER IS LEFT. AND YOU GUYS ALSO ARE VENDORS AT MARKET. SO I\u2019M SURE THAT\u2019S REALLY A HUGE YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY DEBATE OR CONVERSATION YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HAVING ABOUT WHAT YOU\u2019RE GOING TO DO. YEAH. SO THE EARLIER TWO VARIETIES, YOU KNOW, THE STRAWBERRY SEASON\u2019S GOING TO BE A LITTLE DELAYED. THEY\u2019RE PROBABLY GOING TO TRICKLE IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT AFTER THAT INITIAL TWO WEEKS, THEN THE REST OF THE VARIETIES THAT WERE SAVED BY THE THE COLD BECAUSE THEY WEREN\u2019T NOT CRITICAL BUD STAGE WILL BE FINE. JASON. THANK YOU. I\u2019M HOPING EVERYTHING WORKS OUT WELL IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THEY\u2019RE HOPING TO OPEN FARMS RIGHT HERE AT THE FARM. SO HOPEFULLY YOU\u2019RE ABLE TO GET SOME STRAWBERRIES AND SOME OTHER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN THE COMING MONTHS. REPORTING LIVE HERE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. I\u2019M GABRIELLE THOMAS, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. THANKFULLY, WE HAVEN\u2019T HAD BELOW FREEZING SINCE LAST WEEK. HOPEFULLY WE DON\u2019T GO THERE AGAIN. HOPEFULLY WE\u2019RE OUT OF THAT FOR THE SEASON. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, GABRIELLE. LET\u2019S TAKE A LIVE LOOK NOW OVER OUR YORK SKYCAM BEHIND CHRISTINE HERE. AS WE\u2019RE CHECKING IN. WE WERE JUST MENTIONING THAT WE\u2019RE HOPING IT\u2019S NOT GOING BELOW FREEZING AGAIN. WHAT DO YOU THINK? NO, I THINK WE STAY IN THE LOW 40S TONIGHT, AND WE DON\u2019T HAVE ANY FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN OUR TEN DAY FORECAST. THAT\u2019S THE GOOD NEWS. BUT WE DID HAVE QUITE A BIT OF RAIN YESTERDAY, WHICH IS NICE TO SEE. HIGH PRESSURE. LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING OUT TO SEA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING IN BEHIND IT A LITTLE LATER ON THIS WEEK. BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THIS NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE AT ABOUT 10 TO 20MPH. THAT\u2019S GOING TO KEEP US COOL TODAY. TEMPERATURES ONLY GET TO ABOUT 60 FOR OUR HIGH. AND WITH THE BREEZE, YOU KNOW, IT ALWAYS FEELS A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN THAT. 52 CURRENTLY IN CHAMBERSBURG, 50 IN HARRISBURG, 49 RIGHT NOW IN LANCASTER. HERE\u2019S YOUR WIND SPEEDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THEY\u2019LL BE COMING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST 10 TO 20MPH, AND WE COULD SEE SOME GUSTS UP TO 25. HERE\u2019S THE WEATHER PLANNER FOR YOU, CALLING FOR A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE THIS MORNING. WATCH OUT FOR A LITTLE PATCHY FOG EARLY, BUT AS THE WINDS PICK UP, I DON\u2019T THINK IT WILL LINGER TOO LONG. FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWER THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE WE SHOULD SEE CLEARING SKIES LATE IN THE DAY. SO NOT AS WET AS YESTERDAY. WE EVEN WORK IN A FEW BREAKS OF SUNSHINE FOR YOU. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHRISTINE. THIS MORNING, NEW OUT OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, UPPER ALLEN TOWNSHIP. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A HIT AND RUN. WE HAVE A PICTURE FROM POLICE THAT SHOWS THE CAR THAT WAS DAMAGED IN THIS CRASH. IT WAS JUST BEFORE 930 LAST NIGHT. OFFICERS SAY THE CAR WAS GOING NORTH ON ROUTE 15 WHEN ANOTHER CAR WAS SPEEDING AND HIT THEM FROM BEHIND. POLICE SAY THAT THIS CAR THAT WAS HIT THEN LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED. OFFICERS SAY THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO. THE HOSPITAL IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. THEY SAY THEY\u2019RE NOW LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER OF A LATE 90S OR EARLY 2000 HONDA SEDAN. WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT RODENT INFESTATION IN THE BOROUGH OF STEELTON AND DAUPHIN COUNTY. AS WE\u2019VE REPORTED BEFORE, THAT HOME ON SOUTH HARRISBURG STREET WAS CONDEMNED EARLIER THIS MONTH. OFFICIALS SAY THAT IT WAS THE SOURCE OF THAT RAT INFESTATION AND ALSO HAD A BAD SMELL THAT WAS IMPACTING NEARBY PROPERTIES. SO MAYOR SIERRA DENT IS NOW ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE CONCERNS WITH A REMEDIATION PLAN THAT SHE SAYS INCLUDES FIXING THE PROBLEM FROM THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE. SHE SAID IT\u2019S PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. OUR NEWS EIGHT CREW WAS AT THAT HOUSE YESTERDAY, AND YOU CAN SEE IT IS BOARDED UP. IT\u2019S WORSE. OH MY GOD. AT NIGHT WE COME OUT HERE AND GREET RATS. THEY RUN HERE. THEY\u2019RE ON THE STREETS, IN THE BACKYARD, EATING YOUR TRASH EVERYWHERE. YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM. WE\u2019RE TRYING TO CONTROL IT. I COME TO SEE STILLNESS. IT\u2019S THEIR PROBLEM, NOT OURS. YOU KNOW, I DON\u2019T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS. THERE\u2019S PEOPLE WHO DO LIVE ALONG SOUTH HARRISBURG STREET. SAY THAT THAT SMELL HAS SEEPED INTO THEIR HOMES. WE\u2019RE HEARING FROM RESIDENTS IN YORK COUNTY THIS MORNING AS BOROUGH LEADERS CONSIDER TAKING FLUORIDE OUT OF THEIR DRINKING WATER. FEDERAL LEADERS ENDORSED ADDING FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER IN THE 1950S TO PREVENT TOOTH DECAY. BOROUGH COUNCIL SAYS THEY\u2019VE HAD FLUORIDE IN THEIR WATER SINCE 1972. THEY SPEND ABOUT $32,000 A YEAR TO ADD IT TO THEIR DRINKING WATER. IF THEY REMOVED IT, THEY SAY THEY WOULD HAVE TO NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND THAT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 8 TO 9 MONTHS TO COMPLETE. BOROUGH COUNCIL ALSO SAID THAT IF THEY KEEP IT, THE PRICE IS TO ADD FLUORIDE WOULD RISE BECAUSE OF SUPPLY ISSUES DUE TO THE WAR IN IRAN. FOR ME, THIS COMES DOWN TO RESPONSIBILITY, NOT JUST PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, BUT COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY. KEEPING FLUORIDE IN OUR WATER IS ONE OF THOSE RARE DECISIONS THAT A SIMPLE, LOW COST AND HELPS PROTECT PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST. HUNDREDS OF RESEARCH ARTICLES PUBLISHED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES HAVE DEMONSTRATED POTENTIAL HARM TO HUMANS, FROM FLUORIDE AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF EXPOSURE, INCLUDING LEVELS CURRENTLY DEEMED SAFE. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT FLUORIDE EXPOSURE IMPACTS THE BONES AND TEETH. IN 2024, THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION RELEASED A STATEMENT AFFIRMING THAT FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER IS SAFE AND THAT SCIENTISTS HAVE NOT FOUND CONVINCING EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST OTHERWISE. HANOVER RESIDENTS WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AT THE NEXT WATER AND SEWER COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 14TH, AND THEN BOROUGH COUNCIL WILL TAKE IT UP AFTER THAT. SPORTS ARE STAYING AT HACC. LAST WEEK, THE SCHOOL ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS DISCONTINUING CERTAIN SPORTS AT THE COLLEGE. BUT NOW THE SCHOOL SAYS AFTER LISTENING TO FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, IT WILL BE KEEPING THEM. SO THIS INCLUDES BASKETBALL, CROSS COUNTRY SOCCER AND WOMEN\u2019S VOLLEYBALL, AND THOSE SPORTS WILL STAY ON THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF NEXT YEAR.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCrews tackled a house fire in Dauphin County early Thursday morning, according to emergency dispatchers. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. Firefighters were called to the 300 block of Village Road between Irene and Ridgeview drives in Lower Paxton Township at 5:06 a.m. Dispatchers said the fire is under control. No injuries have been reported at this time. Crews remain at the scene. The 300 block of Village Road is closed, according to dispatchers. WGAL is working to learn more. Stay with us for updates. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it\u2019s safe to do so at https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/upload.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Crews tackled a house fire in Dauphin County early Thursday morning, according to emergency dispatchers. <\/p>\n
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. <\/p>\n
Firefighters were called to the 300 block of Village Road between Irene and Ridgeview drives in Lower Paxton Township at 5:06 a.m. <\/p>\n
Dispatchers said the fire is under control. No injuries have been reported at this time. <\/p>\n
Crews remain at the scene. The 300 block of Village Road is closed, according to dispatchers. <\/p>\n
WGAL is working to learn more. Stay with us for updates. <\/p>\n