Fire at Pa. deli sends employee to a hospital

Fire crews responded Thursday afternoon to a fire at a popular deli in Bethlehem Township.

It was reported at 2:13 p.m. at Heights Market & Deli , on 10th Street, according to a Northampton County 911 dispatch supervisor.

The first-arriving responders found smoke coming from the building, according to the supervisor.

Dispatchers called in multiple agencies to assist township fire crews on the second-alarm call.

The township’s Nancy Run Fire Co. posted to Facebook that crews called for an automatic fire alarm found fire in the basement of the business.

The fire was under control by about 2:50 p.m., township Fire Chief C.J. Kuronya told lehighvalleylive.com.

An employee of the store was taken by ambulance to the hospital with chest pains and smoke inhalation, Kuronya said.

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