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Structure Fire - City of New Kensington (3/3/06)
On the morning of March 3,2006 New Kensington Station 56-2 was dispatched
for a confirmed working structure fire with entrapment in the 500 block of 5th
Avenue . The first person in the station had additional units activated bringing
New Kensington Stations56-1 & 56-3 to the scene. Arnold Station 95-2 was
dispatched to stand-by in their station to cover for the City of New Kensington.
New Kensington Police were the first to arrive and helped the residents escape
to safety. One of the residents was taking a shower when the fire started and
had to jump out of a window. The fire also spread to a vehicle adjacent to the
house .The alarm came in at 8:03 A.M . The outcome of the fire was a small
foster child playing with a lighter.