Update: Crews Battle Fountain Hill House Fire

Update at 12:30 p.m.  A fire at a duplex at 601-603 Lechauwecki Ave. in Fountain Hill this morning has displaced six people and caused about $150,000 to $175,000 in damages, Assistant Fire Chief Chief Dan Pope said.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation. However, Pope said it appears the fire started in a back bedroom at 603 Lechauwecki Ave. He said officials have reason to believe it was accidental.

He said 603 Lechauwecki Ave. sustained heavy fire damage. The fire at 601 Lechauwecki Ave. was contained to the upper floor. 

No one was injured.

The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley provided food, clothing, shoes, medication replacement and toiletry items to the three adults and two children displaced from 603 Lechauweki Ave., said communications director Janice Osborne. They are staying at a hotel through their insurance company.

An adult who resided at 601 Lechauweki Ave. is staying with family. The Red Cross provided toiletry items, information and referral sources to the resident, Osborne said.  The resident declined full services.

Assisting the Fountain Hill Fire Department were Eastern Salisbury, Se-Wy-Co, Nancy Run, Upper Saucon and Coopersburg fire companies and Macungie emergency services.

(Mary Ellen Alu contributed to this report.)

8:08 a.m.: Firefighters are trying to control a blaze in a twin home at 603 Lechauwecki Ave. in Fountain Hill as of 8am Saturday.

The response includes emergency crews from Bethlehem Township, Lower Saucon, Salisbury and Macungie.

Flames could be seen shooting from the third story of the house.

A Breaking News Network (BNN) report says the building has been evacuated. There are no reports of injuries. The first BNN report of a "working dwelling fire" came in at 6:52am.