Masontown apartment kitchen fire displaces resident
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Masontown firefighters battled an apartment fire at 25 N. Main St. on Tuesday evening. The fire was confined to one apartment, but the rest of the building, including five other apartments, two businesses and the Masonic Valley Lodge 459, sustained some smoke and water damage. Firefighters from Adah, Edenborn and Ronco assisted at the fire scene.
A firefighter carries out equipment from an apartment fire at 25 North Main St. in Masontown Tuesday evening. The state police fire marshal was been called to investigate the case.
MASONTOWN 鈥� A small kitchen fire in an apartment Tuesday evening displaced the renter of one of six apartments in a three-story building, but no one was injured.
The fire in apartment 2 on the second floor of the Masonic Temple at 25 N. Main St. was reported at 7:08 p.m.
Firefighters contained the fire to the kitchen, but there was smoke and water damage in other parts of the building, said Charles Corcoran, borough fire chief.
鈥淭he guys made a good attack inside,鈥� Corcoran said.
The building was evacuated when the fire started and residents of five apartments were allowed to return after the fire was extinguished, he said. The apartment were the fire started was too damaged for the tenant to return, he said.
All six apartments are on the second floor of the building. A convenience store and a dance studio are on the first floor and the Mason蘑菇视频 Valley Lodge 459 is located in the third floor, he said.
The lodge had some smoke damage. The store and studio had smoke and water damage, he said.
State police fire marshals were called to determine the cause of the fire, Corcoran said.
In addition to the borough volunteer fire department, the Edenborn and Ronco volunteer fire departments responded to the fire along with borough police and Fayette EMS. The Adah Volunteer Fire Department was on standby.