Donation Drive Today for New Year's Eve Fire Victims
Emmaus Fire Department spearheads community effort to help two families left homeless following a Sunday night fire on Main Street in Emmaus.
Emmaus firefighters are planning ways to help two families displaced by a Sunday night blaze that destroyed a duplex on Main Street in the borough. The families include an older couple and a father and his 11-year-old daughter. The girl was injured trying to save her dog, a Great Dane, which died in the blaze. The Emmaus Fire Department will hold a donation drive Saturday, Jan. 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the fire station, 100 North Sixth Street. The firefighters have been collecting clothes for both families and have been getting a good response to their request for help, according to Lt. Bob Schwoyer. The fire department is now working with the Red Cross to ensure that donations received beyond what the Emmaus families need will be …
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evan
9:00 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
I am very sorry that this happened, in fact my mom and I drove by today, both of us were in shock mode when we saw the destruction. down the street at a car repair center I saw their trailer with melted parts on it from the intense heat. I think that the community should all get together and build a brand new house for both families. more ›