Crime & Safety

Abington Fire Marshal: One Displaced, Injured in Tuesday Fire

Fire struck an Abington house Tuesday morning.

Abington Fire Marshal Ken Clark said one person was displaced and taken to Abington Memorial Hospital for what appeared to be non-life threatening smoke inhalation following a fire Tuesday morning. 

According to Clark, the fire started in the dining room in a house in the 1000 block of Church Street, near the corner of Susquehanna Road, shortly after 7 a.m.

It took crews about 10 minutes to get the fire under control, Clark said. The cause is still under investigation; Clark added that the house suffered significant damage.  

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