Allentown Fire Update Massive Blaze In Front And Gordon Streets Area Lehigh County Scary Videos Watch Pennsylvania

Reports indicated it was a 4th alarm fire and several units were responding to contain the blaze.

A local media company keeping track of what happens in the Lehigh Valley also reported on the fire. “According to emergency dispatches, firefighters are operating at a 4th alarm fire in the area of Front and Gordon Streets in Allentown this evening. Please avoid the area to allow emergency personnel access and expect traffic delays. I will provide updates as more information becomes available. Evacuations of local homes in progress, according to emergency responders,” they noted.

A page also shared a map of where the fire broke out. “Large Commercial Building with heavy fire throughout,” it noted.

One person on X, claiming to be a reporter, noted that it was a five-alarm fire now, and that it had broken out at ‘Bucky Boyle Park (10 Pump Place) in Allentown’. However, other reports do not confirm this to be the exact spot.

“The entire building, which is a block long, is engulfed in flames. 5th alarm just transmitted and units are staging,” they added, sharing photos from a page of the ongoing blaze.

Another page on X also shared a photo of the fire and remarked “Crazy fire in downtown Allentown right now.”

A cause for the fire is not known yet and there are no reports on injuries as of now.

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