Columbia County

BRIAR CREEK TOWNSHIP, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Four people are now without a home after a fire ripped through it in Columbia County.

The fire started on Evansville Road, in Briar Creek Township, around 12:00 p.m.

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The Assistant Fire Chief of Summer Hill Fire Company says the cause of the fire is not yet known.

They believe it started on the back porch and was fueled by the wind, which caused a brush fire on the property behind the house.

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Flames broke out around 12 p.m. Wednesday along Evansville Road in Briar Creek Township.

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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) say they're investigating a fatal Lehigh County crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

On Sunday, March 30, shortly before 9:10 a.m., Troopers were called to Interstate 476 mile marker 67 in Washington Township, Lehigh County for a reported crash involving a group of motorcycles.

BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Three were sent to the hospital after a Columbia County crash on Saturday.

Authorities say the Bloomsburg Fire Department and Bloomsburg Township Police Department were called to the 900 block of Main Street, or Route 11, in Bloomsburg shortly after 11:30 a.m. after a reported crash.

Bloomsburg Fire Department Chief Scott McBride told 28/22 News crews found a sedan in the Southbound Lane of Route 11 that was trying to pass another vehicle making a turn.

BERWICK, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two people were taken to the hospital after a crash that occurred on Route 11 in Columbia County.

Reliance Fire Company Berwick Rescue Chief Dave Deitrich tells 28/22 News that the call came in around 12:45 p.m. on Route 11 in Berwick.

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Chief Deitrich says one vehicle crashed into the side of another, flipping it and trapping the driver.

One person in each car was taken to the hospital.

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