Jim Hoffman recalls the following:
The fire occurred on a Friday night, Friday the 13th. I heard the sirens ringing and went outside to see what was going on. There was a heavy snow storm occurring at the time, with several inches of snow on the ground. The heavily falling snow made visibility very limited. I walked up the street to watch, along with my neighbors, Paul and Sid Hoffman. We stood at the corner of Main and Market Streets, next to what was then the empty lot where the old dry cleaners building had been torn down - it was not yet the grass park in front of Community Bank. I remember how quiet the streets sounded because of the heavy snow. Sirens could be heard coming from off in the distance. As we looked up Main Street, Williamstown's engine's flashing red lights slowly appeared through the densely falling snow. The fire was located in a fourth floor apartment on Market Street side of the building. It was a smoldering mattress that had somehow caught on fire and pushed a lot of smoke into the apartment and fourth floor hallway. (careless smoking perhaps?) The crew threw the blackened mattress out the window, and it landed in the snow on the sidewalk below. Because the snow was coming down so heavily, the top of the hotel could barely be seen from the street, and there was no fire or smoke visible. I remember a lot of apparatus, a lot of lights, heavy snow, limited visibility, and little or no fire. Fire apparatus from Lykens, Wiconisco, Williamstown, and I believe Elizabethville were there.
Engine-22 was dispatched to a working vehicle fire in the alley behind 619 North Street. Captain-22, on scene, confirmed working fire in the vehicle's engine compartment. Engine-22 responded with six personnel and accessed the scene from Market Street. The crew extinguished the fire, performed overhaul, then went available.
2011
Medical Assist for lifting, 212 North Second Street (Box 22-1)
Company 22 dispatched class 3 to 212 North Second Street in Lykens for a lift assist. Chief 22 and Car 22 responded to the scene POV, and assisted Med-Ex with lifting a patient into their home. Chief 22 placed the box in service prior to Engine 22's response.
Engine 22 and Rescue 23 dispatched class one to 660 South Street in Lykens for a vehicle accident with injury. Chief 22 responded POV, Engine 22 went enroute with 5 and Utility 22 with 4. Engine 22 arrived on scene and found a single vehicle into a grove of trees in front on Medic chief 6's home, with the driver of the vehicle sitting with him on his front steps. The vehicle had struck the embankment near the intersection of Spruce and South streets, bounced across South Street and left the road and went into a small grove of trees where it came to rest against a tree. Chief 22 placed Rescue 23 in service. Crews started patient care and secured the vehicle. On the arrival of Medic 6 the crew assisted with patient care and transfer to their unit. The crew remained on scene until the arrival of Recovery 21 and assisted with removing the vehicle. Command then placed the box available.
Engine 21 and Truck 22 dispatched class one to 200 Kocher Lane in Washington Township at the Walmart for an automatic fire alarm. Engine 21 responded with 5 and Truck 22 with 4. On their arrival and after investigating Command 21 placed the Truck available while they were enroute.
Company 24 and Truck 22 dispatched class one to 9207 Route 209 at the Williamstown Armory for an automatic fire alarm. Tanker 24 responded with 4 and Truck 22 with 4. On arrival at a one story concrete National Guard Armory the truck staged on side D and sent a crew interior with a gas meter to check CO levels. After venting the building by opening up some exterior doors the CO levels dropped to acceptable levels and Command released the Truck.
A fire in the village of Killinger, in Upper Paxton Township, burned four to five acres of dry grass on January 13, 1959. The Millersburg fire company responded to the fire.
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