SHENANDOAH — A fire damaged the first floor of an unoccupied home in Shenandoah’s Turkey Run section. The cause remains under investigation.
Emergency personnel were dispatched to 437 Furnace Street at 8:07 p.m. for a working structure fire after a Shenandoah assistant fire chief reported the blaze directly to Schuylkill County dispatch over the radio.
Firefighters brought the fire under control within 15 minutes of arriving.
According to Shenandoah Fire Chief Rick Examitas, the fire started in a middle room of the home, with damage contained to the first floor. Examitas said no one was living in the home.
A Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal was called to investigate the cause.
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