The coroner was called to the scene of a house fire in Jackson Township, York County, early Sunday morning, as emergency crews found the home fully involved in flames when they arrived. Dispatch reported a possible entrapment at the scene, and firefighters worked to bring the blaze under control as four residents were left without a place to stay.
According to WGAL, firefighters got the fire under control in about 30 minutes. The outlet reported that four people were displaced and that the Red Cross was called to assist them, while the cause of the fire remained under investigation by the fire marshal.
The fire broke out on East Berlin Road near South Salem Church Road and Bowman Road, and crews arrived at the scene on the 2800 block of East Berlin Road around 5 a.m., according to fox43.com. Both directions of East Berlin Road were closed between those two intersections as crews worked the scene, snarling travel for anyone trying to get through that stretch of the township Sunday morning.
Injuries Remain Unconfirmed
Officials were not able to confirm whether any other injuries were reported beyond the coroner's involvement, per the same fox43.com account. That left open questions about the full extent of what happened inside the home as the investigation continued.
Jackson Township has seen other serious house fires in recent memory. A separate residential fire in the township left a woman dead; that report identified the victim as KeShim Whiteleather, 54, who died at the scene, according to abc27.com. It is not established whether that fire is connected to Sunday's incident on East Berlin Road.
A Pattern of Overnight Fires in the Township
Another prior fire in the township sent dozens of crews to a home on Rocky Ridge Road between Hillside Drive and Five Points Road at 2:22 a.m., where the home was gutted and dispatch reported no injuries, according to a separate report from wgal.com. In that earlier case, it was unclear what started the fire, the same report noted. As with Whiteleather's case, there is no confirmation that the Rocky Ridge Road fire is linked to Sunday's blaze on East Berlin Road.
For now, the cause of Sunday's fire remains under investigation by the fire marshal, and officials have not released further details about the condition of those involved or the extent of damage to the home.
