Fire crews extinguished a minivan fire around 10 a.m. on Monday.
Minivan bursts into flames in Adams County
Fire crews extinguished a minivan fire around 10 a.m. on Monday.
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GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO. A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY CHARGED WITH ARSON, ATTEMPTED MURDER, AND OTHER OFFENSES. AFTER A BREAK IN AND FIRE AT THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE OVER THE WEEKEND. NEWS EIGHT’S MEREDITH JORGENSEN IS LIVE FROM HARRISBURG. HI, SUSAN. WE ARE HERE OUTSIDE ONE OF THE HARRISBURG FIRE STATIONS. AFTER A PRESS CONFERENCE JUST BROKE UP WITH FIRE CHIEF BRIAN ENTERLINE. HE IS STILL TALKING TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE FROM NATIONAL NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, SOME NEWSPAPERS OUT OF NEW YORK. HE JUST ENDED A GAGGLE WITH ALL OF THE MEDIA MEMBERS, INCLUDING NEWS EIGHT, GIVING US AN IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENED AS FAR AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONCERNED. DURING THIS EVENT ON SATURDAY NIGHT, EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AT 2 A.M., THIS IS AN INCIDENT THAT HE CALLS DOMESTIC TERRORISM, THAT THESE TWO FIRE TRUCKS WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO RESPOND TO. JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AT THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION. SO WE’RE LEARNING SOME MORE TODAY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. WE ALSO HAVE SOME NEWLY RELEASED INFORMATION THIS MORNING, INCLUDING THE MUG SHOT OF CODY BALMER THAT IS THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE. WE’VE ALSO LEARNED THAT HE WILL NOT BE ARRAIGNED ON THOSE CRIMINAL ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE CHARGES. ARSON CHARGES, TERRORISM, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGES. TODAY WE HAVE LEARNED HE IS IN THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING INSTEAD OF DAUPHIN COUNTY PRISON. THIS ALL STEMS, OF COURSE, FROM THE 2 A.M. FIRE. HE IS ACCUSED OF SETTING AT THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT HE HOPPED THE FENCE TO THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION ON GEIGER STREET, BROKE A WINDOW WITH A HAMMER, AND THREW MOLOTOV COCKTAILS IN THE BALLROOM AND ANOTHER ROOM, SPENDING ONLY ABOUT A MINUTE INSIDE THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION BEFORE THEN LEAVING AND RUNNING AWAY. AN EX GIRLFRIEND OF HIS DID CALL POLICE AND TURN HIM IN, AND HE IS IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT CHIEF ENTERLINE SHARED WITH US IS THAT HE BELIEVES THIS WAS A CASE OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM, NOT ONLY AGAINST THE GOVERNOR, BUT ALSO AGAINST HIS OWN FIREFIGHTERS. THIS FIRE WAS MEANT TO GET THAT SATISFACTION OF. I WAS ABLE TO DISPLACE THE GOVERNOR. I WAS ABLE TO ATTACK THE GOVERNOR. RIGHT. THIS WAS A PERSONAL ATTACK ON THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. WE GOT TO PUT POLITICS ASIDE AND UNDERSTAND AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT I SAID. THE GOVERNOR WAS HUMAN. AT 2:00 ON SUNDAY MORNING, JUST LIKE EVERY ONE OF US IS. THE FIRE CHIEF DOES SAY IT TOOK ABOUT A HALF HOUR FOR HIS FIREFIGHTERS TO GET THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL. AND HE DOES CALL THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION A COMPLEX PLACE TO FIGHT A FIRE. THEY CANNOT JUST DRIVE THE FIRE TRUCK RIGHT UP TO THE FRONT. CREWS DID HAVE TO CUT HOLES IN THAT FENCE TO GET THE FIREFIGHTERS THEMSELVES THROUGH, AND THE HOSES THROUGH TO FIGHT THAT FIRE. WE ALSO LEARNED TODAY THAT THE FIRE THAT THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION DOES HAVE A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. SO THERE ARE NOT SPRINKLERS WITHIN THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION. WE’RE LEARNING MORE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THAT INFORMATION AS THE DAY MOVES ON. STAY WITH NEWS EIGHT ON AIR AND ONLINE FOR ALL OF THAT LATEST INFORMATION FROM NOW IN HARRISBURG. I’M MEREDITH JORGENSEN, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARRISBURG RESPONDED TO THE ATTACK, WHICH HAPPENED JUST AFTER THE FIRST NIGHT OF PASSOVER. CEO ZACH BENJAMIN SAID THE GROUP IS DEEPLY DISTURBED. HE WENT ON TO SAY, WE WILL NOT BE DETERRED BY THOSE WHO BRING FEAR AND VIOLENCE INTO THE WORLD. THE GROUP ALSO SAYS IT IS INCREASING ITS OWN SECURITY, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. NEWS EIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS DEVELOPING STORY UP TO THE MINUTE UPDATES ARE AT OUR WEBSITE W.COM OR ON THE W NEWS EIGHT APP. TWO DEADLY CRASHES HAPPENED THIS MORNING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. LOOKING LIVE AT TRAFFIC, YOU CAN SEE THE CLOSURE ON ROUTE 581, WHERE A TRACTOR TRAILER HIT A CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE THAT WAS LAYING DOWN CONES. NEWS EIGHT’S SARAH METZ IS LIVE FROM THE SCENE. YES, SUSAN. THE EASTBOUND LANES OF 581 ARE STILL CLOSED DOWN AT THIS MOMENT, BUT WE ACTUALLY DID JUST SEE THOSE TOW TRUCKS FINALLY PULL AWAY. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S ONLY ONE STATE TROOPER LEFT ON THE SCENE HERE. BUT AGAIN, THAT ROAD IS STILL CLOSED AT THIS TIME. AND IT HAS BEEN SINCE THE ACCIDENT AROUND 430 THIS MORNING. SO LET’S PULL UP SOME VIDEO FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING. IT WAS NOT A PENNDOT WORKER WHO WAS KILLED HERE, BUT PENNDOT SAYS IT WAS ONE OF THEIR HIRED CONTRACTORS WHO WERE WORKING ON THE OVERNIGHT 581 PROJECT. ANOTHER CONTRACTOR WAS ALSO INJURED AND HAD TO BE EXTRADITED BY RESCUE CREWS. PENNDOT SAYS THE CONTRACTORS WERE PICKING UP THE CONSTRUCTION CONES ON THE WORK SITE WHEN A FEDEX TRACTOR TRAILER SMASHED INTO THE BACK OF THEIR TRUCK. NOW, IT’S NOT CLEAR IF THE WORKER WHO DIED WAS ACTUALLY IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK GRABBING THOSE CONES OR WALKING ALONG THE ROAD AT THE TIME. PENNDOT ONLY SAID THAT THE TRACTOR TRAILER AND THE TRUCK WERE INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. BUT JUST LIKE I SAID EARLIER, NEWS EIGHT ACTUALLY SAW FOUR CARS GETTING TOWED AWAY FROM THE SCENE. NOW, PENNDOT DID EXPECT 581 TO BE FULLY REOPENED AROUND NOON, BUT THEY DID SAY THAT SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS AND ALSO FUEL SPILL ON THE ROAD COULD HAVE DELAYED THAT A BIT. AND IT DOES APPEAR THAT WAY BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY REGULAR CARS. NON-EMERGENCY CREWS ON THIS ROAD JUST YET. THAT’S THE EASTBOUND LANES OF 581. WE’RE STILL WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CONTRACTOR WHO DIED, AND ALSO THE ONE WHO WAS PUT IN THE HOSPITAL. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE FIND OUT. IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SARAH METZ, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY CORONER WAS ALSO CALLED TO A CRASH ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. A BOX TRUCK OVERTURNED SHORTLY BEFORE FIVE THIS MORNING ON THE EASTBOUND LANES OF I-76 IN UPPER ALLEN TOWNSHIP. ONE PERSON WAS IN THE TRUCK AND NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED. THE VICTIM’S NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. BREAKING NEWS LANCASTER POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING ON THE 400 BLOCK OF NORTH MULBERRY STREET. TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT THE SCENE. SO FAR, NO DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ABOUT THAT SHOOTING, BUT POLICE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO AVOID THE AREA AS THEY COLLECT EVIDENCE AND SPEAK WITH WITNESSES. AND AGAIN, YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT THAT SCENE ON MULBERRY STREET. A FIRE STARTED THIS MORNING AT AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THE FIRE WAS SPOTTED JUST BEFORE 930 ON SANDY HILL ROAD IN WEST COCALICO TOWNSHIP, AND TAKING A LIVE LOOK FROM THAT FIRE SCENE. AUTHORITIES SAY NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. A MAJORITY OF FIREFIGHTERS ACROSS THE NATION AND IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ARE VOLUNTEERS, AND THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF THEM. FIRE COMPANIES RUN THE RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO RESPOND AS QUICKLY. RESPOND WITHOUT ENOUGH STAFF, OR POSSIBLY NOT BEING ABLE TO RESPOND AT ALL. OTHER DEPARTMENTS OFTEN HAVE TO PICK UP THE CALL THAT FURTHER DELAYS THE RESPONSE TIME. A LOT OF WHAT PEOPLE DON’T GET OR UNDERSTAND IS HOW BUSY WE TRULY ARE. I MEAN, IT’S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SITTING AROUND IN RECLINERS AND WATCHING TV. IT’S A LOT OF TRAINING. THERE’S A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS THAT PEOPLE COME IN ON THEIR DAYS, OFF THEIR FREE TIME. THEY TAKE TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES TO PERFORM THEIR FUNCTIONS AND TO KEEP THIS PLACE RUNNING. A RECRUIT IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE NEARLY 200 HOURS OF TRAINING TO BEGIN FIGHTING FIRES. A TYPICAL RECRUIT IS NOT HELPFUL TO THE FIRE SERVICE FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. LOOKING LIVE FROM OUR SKYCAM NETWORK, IT’S A CLOUDY BUT PRETTY MILD MONDAY HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. METEOROLOGIST MARYELLEN PANN JOINS ME NOW WITH MORE ON THE FORECAST. DOESN’T LOOK SO PRETTY OUT THERE, MARY ELLEN. IT DOESN’T. IT LOOKS A LITTLE OMINOUS, BUT IT IS DRY. WE HAD SOME SHOWERS VERY EARLY THIS MORNING. DIDN’T REALLY AMOUNT TO A WHOLE LOT, BUT THEY ARE LONG GONE. AND NOW IT’S WE ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF CLOUD COVER TODAY. MAYBE A LITTLE MORE BREAKS IN THE SUN, IN THE CLOUDS LATER TODAY WITH MORE SUN COMING THROUGH. THE STORY WILL BE REALLY THE TEMPERATURES. WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABOVE AVERAGE IN SEVEN DAYS, SO TODAY IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST DAY SINCE LAST WEEKEND. AS WE LOOK AT OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK, WE’RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO SEE SOME CLOUDS BREAK UP A LITTLE BIT ACROSS FRANKLIN AND ADAMS, AND THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. AND IT’S REALLY HAVING AN IMPACT ON TEMPERATURES. YOU CAN SEE IT’S 65 NOW IN CHAMBERSBURG, 66 IN GETTYSBURG, BUT WE’RE STILL AT 56 IN LANDISBURG AND HARRISBURG, LEBANON AT 57 AS WE CHECK OUT THE NEXT 12 HOURS, I DO EXPECT HIGHS TO JUMP INTO THE 60S. WE’LL TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 60S. SOME AREAS ACROSS FRANKLIN AND ADAMS COULD EVEN TOUCH 70 DEGREES AFTER 8:00. TONIGHT, I AM TRACKING THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND MAYBE EVEN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THE TIMING AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT COMING UP IN MY FULL FORECAST. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HOSTING AN ALLY TODAY IN HIS EFFORT TO DEPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. NEWS EIGHT’S CHRISTOPHER SALAS HAS MORE ON THAT. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS HOSTING EL SALVADOR’S PRESIDENT HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. IT COMES AS THE ADMINISTRATION IS FIGHTING IN COURT TO KEEP SENDING PEOPLE TO THE COUNTRY’S NOTORIOUS MEGA PRISON. HE’S DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AND HE’S TAKING CARE OF A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE REALLY WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF FROM A COST STANDPOINT. THE U.S. IS PAYING EL SALVADOR TO IMPRISON PEOPLE ACCUSED OF BELONGING TO INTERNATIONAL GANGS. THE DEPORTATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO LEGAL SCRUTINY, BUT RECENTLY THE SUPREME COURT HAS ALLOWED THOSE FLIGHTS TO CONTINUE AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE GETTING DEPORTED GET DUE PROCESS. NOW, THAT’S NOT WHAT HAPPENED TO ONE MARYLAND MAN WHO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ADMITS MISTAKENLY DEPORTED TO EL SALVADOR. HE’S KILMAR ABREGO. GARCIA. THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST FACILITATE ABREGO GARCIA’S RETURN, SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT SAID HE’D BE HAPPY TO DO IF THE GOVERNMENT DOES TAKE STEPS TO TRY TO FACILITATE THE RETURN. ONE WOULD THINK THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN, GIVEN THE FACT THAT EL SALVADOR IS ONLY HOUSING THIS PERSON AT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S REQUEST. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT APPEARS TO BE DRAGGING ITS FEET ON THIS ISSUE, IGNORING A JUDGE’S REQUEST TO OUTLINE WHAT STEPS THEY HAVE TAKEN OR WILL TAKE IN ORDER TO RETURN. ABREGO. GARCIA. ONLY SAYING THAT THEY KNOW HE’S ALIVE AND HE’
A minivan burst into flames in Adams County on Monday morning, according to the Gettysburg Fire Department. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.The minivan caught fire in the 200 block of Table Rock Road in Cumberland Township at 9:56 a.m. The fire department said arriving crews found the minivan on fire with heavy flames spreading to the passenger compartment. One person was inside the minivan at the time and was able to safely get out, the fire department said. Crews were able to extinguish the blaze. No one was hurt, the fire department said. Photos from the scene show flames engulfing the minivan. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.
CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
A minivan burst into flames in Adams County on Monday morning, according to the Gettysburg Fire Department.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.
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The minivan caught fire in the 200 block of Table Rock Road in Cumberland Township at 9:56 a.m.
The fire department said arriving crews found the minivan on fire with heavy flames spreading to the passenger compartment.
One person was inside the minivan at the time and was able to safely get out, the fire department said.
Crews were able to extinguish the blaze.
No one was hurt, the fire department said.
Photos from the scene show flames engulfing the minivan.
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