Tom: Then we're going to light this on fire to see how flames and smoke travel through a balloon-frame structure. Terrence: You can see, actually, the combustibles lighting up right now ...

Altoona City firefighters battled a structure fire at 2423 Broad Ave. on Wednesday evening. All four residents of the four-unit apartment building escaped the fire Wednesday evening. Mirror photo ...

(KORN News Radio photo) He says firefighters got the initial fire knocked down quickly. “Because of the balloon frame, the old type of construction, it did work its way into the walls, and we were ...

Fire was located on the first and second floors, as well as the attic, due to balloon frame construction. Command requested additional mutual aid to the scene for manpower. The fire was knocked down ...