Fire Damages High St. House

On April 2, 1983 at 4:54 p.m. firefighters were alerted to a house fire at 203 High Street. An electrical short on the first floor caused a fire that damaged an occupied 2-½-story frame duplex. A first floor room was gutted and the rest of the first floor sustained fire, heat and smoke damage. Approximately 40 firefighters from two companies had the blaze under control in about 30 minutes and remained on the scene 1-¼ hours. A damage estimate was not available. The Vigilant Hose and Cumberland Valley Hose companies answered the alarm.