mmaroney@sungazette.com
HUGHESVILLE Two people are left homeless after a fire destroyed their rural rental property in the 1300 block of Barto Hollow Road in Penn Township Sunday evening.
Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Rusty Bitler said Monday that he did not have the identity of the individuals but said they were renting the house from another individual.
He said one of the occupants was home and the other was not.
He said there were no injuries to the occupants or firefighters.
He said a state police fire marshal was expected to investigate the site Monday.
Bitler said he did not believe the cause of the fire to be suspicious.
pholmes@sungazette.com
PENNSDALE – A female employee at Susquehanna Mills was being treated for rib and arm injuries she suffered Monday morning at the company on Village Road, emergency personnel confirmed. Using a ladder, the woman was reportedly going down to a basement area – a very confined space – about 8:15 a.m. when she fell or slipped off the ladder, Muncy Township Police Chief Christopher McKibben said he was told. The entrance to the area is very tight, he said. She became briefly confined to the area, but with the help of two firemen and another employee, she managed to crawl out of the area using the ladder, McKibben said.