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PHOTOS: East Allentown house fire Nov. 10, 2024
Allentown fire crews contain blaze that onlookers saw and ran to help while calling 9-1-1.
Allentown fire crews put out the blaze that scorched a home's front section Sunday, Nov. 9, 2024 on E. Keats Street. Onlookers watched as the homeowners, who weren't home at the time, arrived on scene less than an hour after it started. (Christine Sexton)
The front porch of 1909 E. Keats Street in Allentown smokes as firefighters continue to put out hot spots on the upper floors. (Christine Sexton)
The view from W. Union Blvd. in Allentown of a house fire at 1909 E. Keats Street. (Christine Sexton)
Hot spots burned until Allentown firefighters opened up roof and window ventilation space. (Christine Sexton)
Allentown firefighters open up ventilation space so that heat could escape before turning into more fire at 1909 E. Keats Street Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (Christine Sexton)
Flames poked out of the third floor window as Allentown firefighters work to fully extinguish the blaze. (Christine Sexton)
Firefighters stand on the roof of 1909 E. Keats Street in Allentown Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024 to open up space for heat to escape. (Christine Sexton)
After the porch blaze was contained at 1909 E. Keats Street, Allentown, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, firefighters climb higher to work on the upper floors where black smoke continued to pour out of the windows. (Christine Sexton)
Coopersburg father and son, Marcos Rivera, right, and Isaac Santos, a 16-year-old volunteer firefighter with the Coopersburg Fire Company, acted quickly when they noticed smoke coming out of the basement window underneath the front porch. Rivera banged on doors to make sure no one was inside while Santos grabbed a garden hose and started dousing dried brush alongside the home. (Christine Sexton)
A firefighter uses an axe to break away parts of the roof at 1909 E. Keats Street, Allentown, to allow ventilation space for high heat from the fire. (Christine Sexton)
What's left at the home on E. Keats Street that a fire charred Sunday Nov. 9, 2024, Allentown. Onlookers watched as family members, who weren't home at the time, arrived on scene less than an hour after the fire broke out. (Christine Sexton)
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