Forks Township fire heavily damages house and garage but no one hurt – lehighvalleylive.com

An early morning fire on Wednesday heavily damaged the kitchen and living room of a Forks Township home and destroyed the attached garage and a vehicle inside.

The township fire department responded just after 6 a.m. to the yellow, single story home at 803 Newlins Road East as a heavy plume of dark grey smoke reached into the sky.

No one was hurt and the two adult residents got out safely before firefighters arrived, department Capt. Jason Billiard said.

Billiard declined to name the residents. An older woman and a middle-aged man were seated just beyond the front yard and received care from Suburban EMS personnel and the chaplain for the Palmer Township Municipal Fire Department, which also responded to help fight the stubborn blaze. The residents declined to comment.

Northampton County records show the home is owned by Virginia Mitman.

It was not immediately clear if the home had smoke detectors, Billiard said.

Firefighters were still putting out hot spots at 8 a.m. in the garage. A vehicle parked outside the garage appeared to have fire damage.

A township fire marshal was just beginning the investigation into the cause and manner of the fire so Billiard couldnt say if anything was suspicious. Met-Ed pulled the electric service, which is common in such fires, so the home cant be lived in. Billiard said the fire marshal would make the determination if it is livable if power is restored.

In addition to Forks and Palmer firefighters and Suburban EMS, Forks fire police and upper Nazareth and Lower Mount Bethel firefighters assisted.

It wasnt immediately clear if the American Red Cross was assisting the residents.

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Tony Rhodin can be reached at arhodin@lehighvalleylive.com.

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