UPDATE: No injuries were reported as a basement caught fire this morning in Homer City Borough.
(Fire Marshals investigating a basement fire in this home on Yellow Creek Street. Photo by Mark Bertig)
Indiana County 911 dispatched Homer City, Coral-Graceton, Indiana, Brush Valley and Black Lick firefighters to 26 Greeley Street along with the county’s hazmat team and Citizens’ ambulance. Homer City Fire Chief Terry Gardner said they did not know the nature of the fire, so they called in five fire departments for manpower backup just in case.
Gardner said firefighters found that a wood burning stove in the basement may have been the cause of the fire. Homer City firefighters were called back to the scene for a rekindle at 6:43 this morning. Fire marshals are currently on the scene investigating.
No injuries were reported, and smoke damage was reported in the main living area. The house is still deemed livable.
WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
Five fire departments were on the scene earlier this morning for a fire at a home in Homer City Borough.
Indiana County 911 reported that at 1:09 AM, a structure fire was reported on Yellow Creek Street in the borough. Homer City, Coral-Graceton, Indiana, Brush Valley and Black Lick fire departments were dispatched at that time, along with the county hazmat team and Citizens’ Ambulance.
Initial reports showed that heavy smoke was showing from one corner of the two-story dwelling at 26 Greeley Street.
Blairsville firefighters were called into Homer City’s fire department to serve standby detail. No word yet on the extent of the damage. Homer City firefighters returned to the scene at 6:43 this morning as there was a reported rekindle at the fire scene.
