Crime & Safety
Smoke in Medical Building Forces Evacuation
Workers and patients were evacuated on Wednesday morning when a mulch fire pushed smoke into a building at 1501 N. Cedar Crest Blvd., South Whitehall.
A mulch fire pushed smoke into a medical building at 1501 N. Cedar Crest Blvd. in South Whitehall on Wednesday, forcing an evacuation of workers and patients, Chief Rusty Held said.
The two-alarm fire broke out after 9 a.m., Held said, when the outside fire melted a plastic cover along a wall that covered a conduit chase containing electrical wires. The smoke travelled up the chase and pushed into an office.
Held said he called the two-alarm fire right away since the building is a medical facility. He said the facility personnel did a good job evacuating workers and patients. They were outside the building about 45 minutes, he said.
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According to web directories, Eastern Pennsylvania Gastroenterology & Liver Specialists, and Patriot Bank are among the businesses located in the building.
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