Around 10 pm firefighters from York City were alerted for a structure fire in the 700 block of West Clark. Enroute additional information of a well involved structure with fire on all three floors was given.

Chief 4 (Saylor) arrived, reported a working fire and established command. Shortly there after a second alarm was struck. The fire originated in a 2.5 story wood frame duplex. The fire quickly extended to the D side of the home. As well fire venting through the roof extended in the the B exposure, a row the three ordinary construction homes.

Firefighters used master streams to knock the bulk of the fire and then ran handlines in to the exposure buildings to control fire there.

A third alarm was later transmitted for additional manpower.

According to news reports the home where the fire originated was vacant and a popular location for vagrants, drug users and prostitutes. It is reported that one of these shady characters may have started the fire.