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bloomutoday.com FORUM :: General :: News :: Major Fire Hits West Main Street Author Topic: Major Fire Hits West Main Street (Read 828 times) Eric Bower Administrator Owner & Editor member is offline Joined: Oct 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 1,439 Location: Bloomsburg, PA Karma: 108 Major Fire Hits West Main Street « Thread Started on Oct 25, 2009, 7:45am » Major Fire Hits West Main Street Photo by Eric Bower Last Update 2:50 PM Bloomsburg- A fire broke out on West Main Street in Bloomsburg around 6AM Sunday. Several area fire departments responded to the 100-block of West Main Street to battle the rapid spreading fire. Several buildings have been damaged or destroyed by the fire. It has also been reported that multiple students have been displaced. WBRE News is reporting that 22 people have been displaced from their homes and businesses between the 148 and 150 blocks of West Main Street in Bloomsburg. One person has been flown to the Lehigh Valley Burn Unit. Their name and condition is unknown at this time. WHLM reported that businesses wiped out by the fire were Main Street Laundry, Rosemary Shultz Beauty Salon, Town Camera Shop, a law office, and Janney Montgomery Scott Financial. More information will be posted as we get it. To view fire scene photos click here. http://photos.bloomutoday.com/gallery-2.....in+Street+Fire/ Fire scene video. - BloomUtoday.com « Last Edit: Oct 25, 2009, 1:52pm by Eric Bower » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Unknown Guest Re: Major Fire Hits West Main Street « Reply #1 on Oct 25, 2009, 7:53am » I hope everyone made it out okay. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged guest2 Guest Re: Major Fire Hits West Main Street « Reply #2 on Oct 25, 2009, 12:44pm » WBRE reports 22 people displaced. One person flown to Lehigh Valley Hosptial's burn unit. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged guest2 Guest Re: Major Fire Hits West Main Street « Reply #3 on Oct 25, 2009, 2:14pm » WbRE reports: BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY -- One person was burned, a firefighter taken to the hospital, and 22 people left without a place to stay after flames ripped through three buildings and licked a fourth along the 100 block of West Main Street in downtown. Firefighters had concerns the entire block would go up in flames. It took three hours to put out those flames, and crews continued dousing hot spots into the afternoon. "Our door was actually kicked down my officers. It pretty much felt like a raid, they just told us to get out," said Bloomsburg University Senior, Mark Webb, who was asleep inside his apartment on the corner of Main and Jefferson Streets for two years. "The building itself wasn't the primary building that was on fire, so we really weren't too worried about it. But over the next three hours, we just watched as the fire developed and burned down our house." Four businesses were destroyed. None of the owners wanted to go on-camera, but two told us they had insurance and their tenants were okay. "It's like oh, my gosh, it's a shock," said Michelle Wehner who works at the university and had concerns for students and a relative who live on the block. Everyone she knows got out safely. "Four buildings. That's a big number to hit on Main Street in town." The fire chief tells us the flames broke out in the kitchen of the second floor apartment above the beauty salon at 148 West Main Street. He says the flames went out the kitchen window and caught the next-door building on fire. "Then, it proceeded across the roof, inside underneath the metal roof, and caught the third building on fire," said Bloomsburg Fire Chief Hugh Gross. He says a person living in the apartment where the fire started was taken to the Lehigh Valley Hospital burn unit. More than 20 others got out safely. Bloomsburg University and the Red Cross are helping those who lost everything they had. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged jf Staff member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 305 Location: Bloomsburg Karma: 13 Re: Major Fire Hits West Main Street « Reply #4 on Oct 25, 2009, 9:50pm » Amazing...not much comments to this topic.... Students are left without housing...... this is why I do not comment that much anymore...the students do not seem to care. You should all have started a fund for the needy.....offered help....what u doing? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged TT Guest Re: Major Fire Hits West Main Street « Reply #5 on Oct 25, 2009, 11:21pm » Students orgs should definitely start some sort of fund raising. I cannot imagine loosing everything like that. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged guest2 Guest Re: Major Fire Hits West Main Street « Reply #6 on Oct 26, 2009, 6:25am » Oct 25, 2009, 9:50pm, jf wrote: Amazing...not much comments to this topic.... Students are left without housing...... this is why I do not comment that much anymore...the students do not seem to care. You should all have started a fund for the needy.....offered help....what u doing? Maybe there are no comments because nobody is on here. Besides you can start a fund raiser, you don't have to wait for students to do it. There were many businesses involved and non-students. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Eric Bower Administrator Owner & Editor member is offline Joined: Oct 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 1,439 Location: Bloomsburg, PA Karma: 108 Re: Major Fire Hits West Main Street « Reply #7 on Oct 26, 2009, 9:09am » BU has a student catastrophic Husky Fund established. Anyone wanting to make a donation can make it payable to Husky Fund - student catastrophe or student fire victims. In addition, the Community Government Association and University Bookstore will provide textbooks and school supplies. Victims of the fire should visit the University Store with a list of items they need to continue in their course work this semester. Checks for the Husky Fund can be mailed to: Community Activities 428 Kehr Union Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 400 E. Second Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815 Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Forum Jump--------------------» Home--------------------» General--------------------- News- General Board- Humor- Events- Reviews- Housing- Book/Product/Services Exchange- Music/DJ Talk - Help Wanted/Work Wanted- Moderators