Chambersburg Apartment Blaze Leaves 13 Homeless

On October 2, 1999 at 8:51 p.m. Franklin County 911 alerted a Company 1 box to 230 North Main Street Chambersburg for a building fire. A fire of undetermined origin destroyed two apartments and left 13 people displaced. The fire began in a first floor common area of the six-unit apartment building. A damage estimate was not available. The West End Fire and Rescue Company assisted at the scene. In the early morning hours all three Shippensburg companies also answered two automatic fire alarms at 101 Brookside Avenue.