Two people died in the overnight blaze in Middle Paxton Township.
Michelle Sandom was asleep in her Middle Paxton Township home early Thursday when she heard what sounded like fireworks outside.
Looking out her window in the Fishing Creek Estates neighborhood, she saw a large wall of fire coming from a home on nearby Fishing Creek Valley Road. She grabbed her phone and called 911 around 1:18 a.m.Fishing Creek Valley Road was shut down during the firefight but has since reopened.“I gathered all of my important documents and got my cats in the car just in case we needed to go,” she said. “There were some embers that landed on the roof and trees. It was really scary.
Neighbor Michelle Sandom took this photo of a house fire in her Middle Paxton Township neighborhood early Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Sandom said she also called her neighbors in Fishing Creek Estates to make sure they were safe. The development sits on a hill overlooking the home that caught fire. During past fires, firefighters have had to pump water from the Susquehanna River because there aren’t hydrants in the rural, forested area, Sandom said.US Marshals arrest Harrisburg homicide suspect after weeks on the run
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