Garage collapses in early morning fire (2025)

FIREMEN’S MUSEUM OPEN? GOOD MORNING. AT 6:00 ON YOUR THURSDAY. I’M REGINA ON, I’M CAITLIN SMITH. HERE’S WHAT WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS MORNING. NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS IS COVERING BREAKING NEWS REPORTING LIVE FROM THE SCENE OF A HOUSE FIRE IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY. AND NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LOU IS REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST ON NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND UKRAINE AND RUSSIA SURROUNDING THE WAR IN UKRAINE. AND TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW OVER OUR HARRISBURG SKYCAM ON THIS BEAUTIFUL THURSDAY. AND IT’S GOING TO BE GREAT TODAY. CHRISTINE, HOW IS IT LOOKING FOR US ON THIS THURSDAY? I KNOW YOU LIKE YESTERDAY’S WEATHER TODAY A LITTLE BIT WARMER AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU A TREAT IN THE SKY THIS MORNING. IT’S FADING QUICKLY IN THE SUNLIGHT HERE, BUT WE HAVE THE WANING CRESCENT MOON. AND THEN JUST OVER TO THE LEFT IS VENUS. SATURN IS ALSO OUT THERE, BUT REALLY FADING INTO THE SUNRISE AND HAZE. IT’S HARDER TO SEE, BUT YOU CAN SPOT THE PAIR. THE TRIO ANYWAY, AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TEMPERATURES UNDER MAINLY CLEAR SKIES. WE ARE AT 44. IN SELINSGROVE, 47 RIGHT NOW IN LANCASTER. IT’S 53 IN HARRISBURG WITH A LIGHT BREEZE AND 46 WHERE WINDS ARE CALM. IN YORK. 12 OUR FORECAST TODAY, JUST A MIX OF SUN AND HIGH CLOUDS SUMMERLIKE WARMTH. WE’RE GOING FOR 80, BUT IT DOESN’T COME WITH THAT SUMMERLIKE HUMIDITY. SO ENJOY A NICE DRY, CRISP DAY AND WE WILL HAVE A LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY BREEZE AS WELL. I’LL TALK ABOUT AN ELEVATED RISK OF WILDFIRE SPREAD COMING UP IN MY NEXT UPDATE. LET’S GO BACK TO REGINA NOW FOR A CHECK ON THE ROADS. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING CHRISTINE. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. LOVE TO SEE THAT SHOT. NOW THE SUN IS UP IN LEBANON. ROUTE 422 AND BOWMAN STREET. THEY’RE NICE AND QUIET. DRIVE FOR FOLKS IN THE AREA. MAYBE GRABBING A COFFEE AT MCDONALD’S. SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN TO. IF I WERE DRIVING ALONG ROUTE 422 ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, WE ARE MONITORING A ROAD CLOSED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SHIPPENSBURG, DUE TO FIRE ACTIVITY NEARBY. SO SHIPPENSBURG ROAD BOTH WAYS BETWEEN RIDGE ROAD AND MILESBURG ROAD IS CLOSED. IF YOU HAVE ANY INTENTIONS TO DRIVE TO YORK FROM YORK TO MARYLAND THIS MORNING, THERE IS A ROAD BLOCKED ON 83 NORTHBOUND BETWEEN EXIT 31 MIDDLETOWN ROAD AND EXIT 33. OR MAYBE YOU’RE COMING FROM MARYLAND BACK UP TO YORK. JUST A HEADS UP FOR YOU THERE. SOME DRIVE TIMES IN DAUPHIN COUNTY IF YOU’RE HEADED TO LANCASTER ON 283 EASTBOUND, THAT’S A 31 MINUTE DRIVE. WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE IN SEVEN MINUTES. WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS OUT OF YORK COUNTY, WHERE MULTIPLE CREWS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP THIS MORNING. NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS IS AT THE SCENE RIGHT NOW. GABRIELLE, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE CHIEF AS OF YET, REGINA AND KATELYN, BUT WE’RE HOPING TO SPEAK TO HIM IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE FIRE IS NOW OUT, AND CREWS HAVE ALREADY LEFT THE SCENE. MOST OF THEM. I WANT TO SET THE SCENE FOR YOU REALLY QUICK THOUGH. THERE IS A LONG DRIVEWAY THAT STRETCHES TO THIS HOME. IT TAKES ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM WHERE WE’RE STANDING TO ACTUALLY GET TO THE HOME. I WAS ABLE TO WALK UP TO THE DRIVEWAY, BUT WAS QUICKLY SET DOWN BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF. NOW THERE IS A LACK OF WATER SUPPLY IN THIS AREA AS WELL, AND FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO BRING IN TANKER TRUCKS TO PUT OUT THAT FIRE. NOW, AS WE LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE OR HOW THE FIRE GOT STARTED, WE’LL MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON AIR AND ONLINE REPORTING LIVE HERE IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP. I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, WGAL, NEWS EIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT’S JUST OFF OF ROCKY RIDGE ROAD, A REMOTE AREA. AS GABRIELLE HAS BEEN DESCRIBING. BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE THE FLASHING LIGHTS. SO SOME CREWS MUST BE STILL ON THAT SCENE. GABRIELLE. THANKS. WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU WHEN YOU HEAR FROM THE CHIEF. AND NEW THIS MORNING, THE SHAPIRO ADMINISTRATION IS RESPONDING AFTER STATE HOUSE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS CALLED FOR THE REVIEW OF THE ARSON ATTACK ON THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE TO BE RELEASED IN FULL AND UNREDACTED. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GOVERNOR SAYS STATE POLICE WILL NOT RELEASE INFORMATION THAT COULD COMPROMISE THE INVESTIGATION OR THE SAFETY OF THE GOVERNOR. THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE COMMONWEALTH. IT WAS HIS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO WERE VOICING FRUSTRATIONS THAT ONLY STATE POLICE AND THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE WOULD RECEIVE THAT FULL WRITTEN REPORT. THEY EXPRESSED THAT IN A LETTER SENT YESTERDAY, FORMER STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER JEFFREY MILLER AND HIS CONSULTING COMPANY ARE THE ONES DOING THAT. SECURITY REVIEW. WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY IS CUTTING SHORT A TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA AFTER A RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE KILLED AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE IN KYIV. AT LEAST 70 PEOPLE ARE INJURED IN THE UKRAINIAN CAPITAL AND THE U.S., UKRAINE AND RUSSIA ARE ALL STILL CONTINUING PEACE TALKS. BUT THEY DO APPEAR TO BE ON DIFFERENT PAGES. WHERE THINGS STAND. AND NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LOO JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM WASHINGTON WITH WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING. GOOD MORNING. AMY. GOOD MORNING, REGINA AND CAITLIN. WELL, WE DO KNOW THAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS ONCE AGAIN SIDING WITH RUSSIA AND ALSO BLAMING UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY FOR CONTINUING THE WAR. I THINK WE HAVE A DEAL WITH RUSSIA. WE HAVE TO GET A DEAL WITH ZELENSKYY, AND I HOPE THAT ZELENSKYY, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO DEAL WITH ZELENSKYY. SO FAR IT’S BEEN HARDER. THE PRESIDENT THERE CRITICIZING ZELENSKYY FOR RULING OUT GIVING UP PARTS OF UKRAINE OVER TO RUSSIA. DURING THAT MEETING OR DURING A MEETING WITH EUROPEAN ALLIES, THE U.S. PROPOSED RUSSIA KEEP THE AREAS IT CURRENTLY OCCUPIES NOW, WHICH IS ABOUT A FIFTH OF UKRAINE. THE AMERICAN DELEGATION, CHARACTERIZING IT AS A FINAL OFFER, WHILE EUROPEANS ARE DESCRIBING IT AS QUOTE UNQUOTE, JUST IDEAS. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE SAYS IT’S TIME FOR BOTH SIDES TO MAKE CONCESSIONS, OR THE U.S. IS WALKING AWAY. THAT IS SOMETHING SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO ECHOES. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS FOCUSING MORE ON ZELENSKYY, SAYING HE’S PROLONGING THE QUOTE UNQUOTE KILLING FIELD. WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THIS IS ABOUT A LOT OF HUMANITY. THIS IS THE WORST. I GET THE PICTURES, THE SATELLITE PICTURES. I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. OF THE FIELDS AFTER THESE, SOME OF THESE BATTLES, IT’S HORRIBLE THAT IT’S GOING FOR NOTHING. YEAH. MEANWHILE, SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, STEVE WITKOFF WITKOFF, WHO HAS PLAYED A REALLY KEY AND LARGE ROLE IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS, HE HAS HEADED OVER TO MOSCOW THIS WEEK. REPORTING LIVE FROM WASHINGTON THIS MORNING. I’M AMY LOU WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AMY, THANK YOU. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE IS ON HIS WAY HOME FROM INDIA THIS MORNING. THE SECOND FAMILY’S TRIP INCLUDED THE VICE PRESIDENT PRAISING THE COUNTRY’S VITALITY COMPARED TO SOME WESTERN NATIONS. HIS REMARKS FOLLOWED CRITICISM FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP OF STEEP INDIAN RECIPROCAL TARIFFS ON CARS, FARM GOODS AND OTHER PRODUCTS. INDIA IS SEEKING AN EARLY TRADE DEAL WITH THE U.S., ITS LARGEST TRADING PARTNER. OVERNIGHT. SAINT PETER’S BASILICA REMAINED OPEN AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CONTINUE TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO THE LATE POPE FRANCIS. THE POPE’S BODY WAS MOVED YESTERDAY MORNING, AS THE VATICAN DOES PREPARE FOR HIS FUNERAL. THAT’S SET FOR SATURDAY. THE PUBLIC VIEWING CONTINUES TODAY AND TOMORROW. WALKING IN THERE, IT WAS IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL. I THINK, TO HEAR LOT. HE WAS A LEADER WHO REALLY LOVED. HE LOVED PEOPLE AND I THINK HE HE WANTED TO SPREAD THAT MESSAGE OF JUST LOVE AND COMPASSION AND WALKING IN THERE. IT WAS SO SILENT, BUT YOU COULD FEEL HOW MUCH PEOPLE REALLY CARED ABOUT HIM AND HOW MUCH LOVE THERE WAS FOR THIS MAN. AND YOU COULD TELL THAT BY THE LONG LINES THERE. MANY PEOPLE WAITED HOURS TO SEE HIM. HE PASSED AWAY MONDAY AT THE AGE OF 88, AFTER HAVING A STROKE AT 607 TONIGHT IN EAST PETERSBURG, LANCASTER COUNTY, THE BOROUGH COUNCIL WILL OFFICIALLY ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF MAYOR JAMES MALONE. MALONE SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION ON APRIL 1ST AFTER WINNING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE 36TH STATE SENATE SEAT. THE COUNCIL WILL ALSO DISCUSS HOW TO PROCEED WITH APPOINTING SOMEONE TO SERVE OUT THE REMAINDER OF MALONE’S TERM AS MAYOR, WHICH ENDS JANUARY 1ST. NEXT YEAR. MALONE’S WIN WAS A SHOCKER LAST MONTH. HE’S THE FIRST DEMOCRAT TO HOLD THAT SEAT IN DECADES. TONIGHT’S MEETING IS SET FOR 6:00. A 23 YEAR-OLD HARRISBURG WOMAN IS NOW FACING ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE CHARGES AFTER A SHOOTING ON MARKET STREET. POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. IT WAS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. ACCORDING TO CHARGING DOCUMENTS, LAUREN HILL WAS ARGUING WITH SOMEONE IN A HONDA CRV WHEN SHE PULLED A GUN FROM HER PURSE AND FIRED ONE OF TWO SHOTS, ACCORDING TO POLICE. WENT THROUGH THE BACK WINDSHIELD. POLICE ALSO SAY HILL DOES NOT HAVE A VALID LICENSE TO CARRY A GUN, AND SHE IS ALSO FACING CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT. A CHILD IS RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING STRUCK WHILE CROSSING ROUTE 30 IN LANCASTER COUNTY. STATE POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED NEAR THE CROSSROAD OF MCILVAINE ROAD IN PARADISE TOWNSHIP JUST AFTER 11 YESTERDAY MORNING. TROOPERS CONFIRMED THE CHILD WAS CROSSING THE ROAD WHEN THEY WERE HIT AND THEIR INJURIES ARE NON-LIFE THREATENING. IT’S UNCLEAR IF THE DRIVER IS FACING ANY CHARGES. WE ARE LEARNING MORE THIS MORNING ABOUT A DEADLY HOUSE FIRE IN YORK COUNTY. THIS PRINCETOWN FIRE CHIEF SAYS A 16 YEAR OLD BOY TRIED TO SAVE HIS GRANDFATHER FROM THAT BURNING HOME ON KOPPENHÖFER ROAD. THIS IS IN CONEWAGO TOWNSHIP. THAT 64 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS BEDRIDDEN, AND FIRST RESPONDERS SAY HE HAD ALREADY DIED WHEN THEY GOT TO THAT SCENE. HE SAID HE CAME OUTSIDE AND HE ATTEMPTED TO BREAK THE WINDOW. HE FIGURED THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST WAY TO GET HIM OUT, AND HE WAS UNABLE. HE WAS UNABLE TO GET HIM OUT BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF FIRE. THE GRANDSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION AND CUTS TO HIS ARM. TWO DOGS AND SEVERAL PUPPIES WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE THAT FIRE ON COPENHAVER ROAD. THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE CAUSED THE FIRE. A LONG STANDING FIREFIGHTING MUSEUM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY IS AT RISK OF BEING SHUT DOWN, FORCING VOLUNTEERS TO CALL ON THEIR COMMUNITY TO HELP SAVE CENTURIES OF HISTORY. THE DONATION BASE CHAMBERSBURG VOLUNTEER FIREMEN’S MUSEUM, HOUSED IN THE BOROUGH’S OLD FIRE STATION, HOLDS MEMORIES THAT MAY BE LOST IF FUNDING FALLS SHORT FOR CRITICAL BUILDING REPAIRS. IF WE DON’T RAISE THE MONEY, THIS IS THE SITUATION WE’RE GOING TO BE IN. AND EVENTUALLY, IF WE DON’T, THE BUILDING WILL PROBABLY BE TORN DOWN. AND THERE GOES ANOTHER PIECE OF HISTORY OF CHAMBERSBURG. ACCORDING TO A FUNDRAISING WEBSITE, VOLUNTEER