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5 firefighters injured battling apartment building blaze
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The Associated Press
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(Red Lion) — Authorities say five firefighters were injured battling a blaze at an apartment building in York County.
Emergency dispatchers said crews were called to the Hilltop Apartments in Red Lion at about 11:45 p.m. Saturday.
They quickly extinguished a basement fire but found the flames had spread to upper floors.
County public information officer Mark Walters says firefighters entered an apartment at about the same time as “an explosion of superheated gases and fire.”
Five were taken to a hospital and one remained hospitalized Sunday.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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