On April 22, 2011, York County (Pennsylvania) Box 52-11 was struck at 14:33 hours for the reported house fire with possible people trapped.

Immediately after dispatch, Chief 52 (Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Dept.) checked up in the air advising heavy black smoke visible from several miles out. Chief 52 arrived on scene at 14:38 hours advising working fire in a single-family, one-story ranch-style home with ordinary construction, advising strike the working fire dispatch.

At 14:43 hours, Chief 52 advised the report of entrapment was negative, he requested the second alarm assignment, bringing additional tankers for water shuttle.

Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire department, along with several other York County PA, and Carroll County Maryland mutual-aid companies battled the fire for about one hour before bringing the fire under control.

Companies had arcing wires to contend with throughout the operation until the power company could arrive and cut the power.

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