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Firefighters battle overnight house fire in Adams County

Crews were called to the fire around 2:45 a.m.

Firefighters battle overnight house fire in Adams County

Crews were called to the fire around 2:45 a.m.

IN HOLLYWOOD, I’M DAVID DANIEL. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. THIS MORNING. VENDORS AFFECTED BY THE FIRE LAST YEAR AT HARRISBURG’S BROAD STREET MARKET WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THEIR NEW TEMPORARY HOME, WHILE IT’S STILL GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THOUGH, UNTIL THEY CAN OPEN FOR BUSINESS. THE MOTHER OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE PARKLAND MASSACRE IN 2018 IS HERE IN HARRISBURG TO HELP PUSH FOR LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT QUICKER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO STOP A MASS SHOOTER. MORE LEGAL TROUBLE FOR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. I’M AMY LU WITH THE PROCEEDINGS. WERE WATCHING IN TWO CASES HAPPENING IN NEW YORK TODAY. AND WE ARE STARTING YOUR MONDAY MORNING OFF AT 6:00 WITH A LIVE LOOK OVER OUR LEBANON SKY CAM. AND IT MIGHT SEEM A BIT BRIGHTER OUT THERE THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THE FULL MOON THAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. CHRISTINE’S GOING TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A BIT. GOOD MORNING I’M CAITLIN SMITH I’M MATT BARCARO WE HAD A NICE WEEKEND AND WE’RE READY FOR A NEW WORKWEEK. GABRIEL THOMAS IS IN WITH OUR MORNING COMMUTE. AND CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA HAS OUR FORECAST FORECAST LOOKING BRIGHT. LIKE YOU MENTIONED, I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT PICTURE OF OUR FULL WORM MOON, THE WORM MOON FOR MARCH SETTING IN THE WESTERN SKY. COULDN’T ASK FOR A BETTER PICTURE THERE. IT SHOULD SET JUST AFTER 7 A.M. AND IT COMES UP AGAIN AROUND 8 P.M. THIS EVENING. JUST LOOK OFF TO THE EAST. YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO MISS IT. CURRENT TEMPERATURES 26 IN SELINSGROVE, 25. IN YORK WE HAVE 31. IN LANCASTER, CLEAR AND CHAMBERSBURG YOU’RE AT 3412. OUR FORECAST TODAY. HOW ABOUT MID 50S? LITTLE WARMER THAN YESTERDAY. SO YESTERDAY YOU KNOW IF YOU STUCK YOUR TOE OUT THE DOOR IT’S A LITTLE TOO COLD. YOU LIKE THE SUN. TODAY WE HAVE MORE SUN AND IT WILL BE MILDER. THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS. MY TYPE OF WEATHER. YEAH. AT LEAST WE HAVE THE SUN AND IT WILL FEEL WARM BECAUSE IT’S REALLY DECEIVING. WHEN IT’S SUNNY, YOU STEP OUTSIDE AND IT’S COLD, RIGHT? EXACTLY. YEAH. YESTERDAY WAS A LITTLE BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE BELOW AVERAGE I THOUGHT SO. ALL RIGHT. WELL THE ROADS WERE LOOKING GOOD, BUT NOW WE’RE FOLLOWING TWO CRASHES THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE MAT FOR SOME TIME NOW. YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO KEEP THIS IN MIND AS YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR. NOW, THAT FIRST CRASH IS IN DAUPHIN COUNTY SINCE SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP. THE CRASH IS ON U.S. 22 WESTBOUND AT PA 443. THIS IS FISHING CREEK VALLEY ROAD. NOT REALLY IMPACTING TRAFFIC AT ALL. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE’S A LOT OF GREEN, BUT JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. AND THE SECOND CRASH IS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS IS SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP. THERE’S YOUR SHOULDER CLOSED DUE TO THE CRASH ON I-81 SOUTHBOUND AT EXIT 24. PA 696, THIS IS OLD SCOTLAND ROAD, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. THIS LITTLE BIT OF YELLOW. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. AND MAYBE SOME SLOWDOWNS IN THAT AREA. HERE’S A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT PENNDOT CAMERA. GOOD MORNING LEBANON COUNTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE A COUPLE CARS OUT THERE, BUT NOT TOO MANY THAT WOULD SLOW DOWN YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. DRIVE SAFELY. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OF AN OVERNIGHT HOUSE FIRE IN ADAMS COUNTY. CREWS WERE CALLED TO HICKORY ROAD NEAR SYCAMORE COURT IN MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP. THAT’S NEAR GETTYSBURG. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 245 THIS MORNING. THE FIRE IS OUT, AND DISPATCHERS TELL US THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. TODAY IN HARRISBURG, A NEW LEGISLATION IS AIMED AT IMPROVING SCHOOL SAFETY. THAT WILL BE THE SPOTLIGHT HERE AT THE STATE CAPITOL. AND A WOMAN, UNFORTUNATELY, WHO KNOWS THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE ALL TOO WELL. SHE WILL BE SPEAKING THERE TODAY. LET’S GO TO NEWS EIGHT’S JAY SCOTT SMITH. HE’S LIVE AT THE CAPITOL IN HARRISBURG WITH THESE DETAILS. JAY, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, CAITLIN AND MATT. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. AND THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION. IS ACTUALLY KNOWN AS ALYSSA’S LAW. IT’S BEEN NAMED IN MEMORY OF ALYSSA ALHADEFF. NOW SHE WAS ONE OF 17 PEOPLE WHO WAS KILLED DURING THE MASSACRE AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA, ON VALENTINE’S DAY 2018. NOW, TODAY HERE AT THE. CAPITOL, HER MOTHER, LORI, WILL JOIN 20 STATE LAWMAKERS TO HELP PUSH FOR THIS LEGISLATION TO BECOME LAW HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. NOW, AS MENTIONED, THIS LEGISLATION WILL CALL ON PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOLS TO USE PANIC ALARMS. THOSE WILL CONNECT DIRECTLY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION SUCH AS AN ACTIVE. SHOOTER, FIRST RESPONDERS CAN GET ON THE SCENE FASTER TO HELP TAKE DOWN THE THREAT AND START TO HELP ANY VICTIMS WHO’VE BEEN INJURED. NOW, IF THIS LEGISLATION DOES HAPPEN TO GET THROUGH BOTH THE STATE HOUSE AND STATE SENATE, IT WOULD MAKE PENNSYLVANIA THE SIXTH STATE TO ENACT ALYSSA’S LAW THAT WOULD JOIN NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, TENNESSEE, FLORIDA AND TEXAS. NOW, THE LATTER OF THOSE STATES, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS THE SITE OF THE MASSACRE IN UVALDE NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO. SO THE 20 LAWMAKERS, ALONG WITH ALYSSA’S MOM, LORI ALHADEFF, WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE CAPITOL RIGHT OVER MY SHOULDER HERE AT AROUND 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON HERE IN FRONT OF THE STATE CAPITOL IN HARRISBURG, I’M JAY SCOTT SMITH. LET’S HEAD BACK TO THE STUDIO WITH CAITLIN AND MATT. THANKS FOR THAT. JAY. THIS MORNING WE ARE HEARING FROM THE DRAG QUEEN WHO WAS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT AN EVENT IN THE LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY, BUT IT WAS CANCELED AFTER THEY WERE MULTIPLE BOMB THREATS IN THE CITY OVER THE WEEKEND. CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI, WHO WAS GOING TO READ IN DRAG AS MISS AMY, SPOKE TO US ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR HIS FUTURE. I’M NOT GOING TO STOP WHAT I’M DOING. THIS PROGRAM IS FAR TOO IMPORTANT TO WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE, AND I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IN THIS PROGRAM, AND I’VE SEEN IT CHANGE LIVES. POLICE EVACUATED THE AREA BETWEEN THE 100 BLOCKS OF NORTH QUEEN AND NORTH LIME STREETS IN LANCASTER SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE EVACUATION ORDER WAS LIFTED, THOUGH, WHEN OFFICIALS SAID THERE WAS NO ACTIVE THREAT TO THE PUBLIC. RIGHT NOW, POLICE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY ARE LOOKING FOR THE HIT AND RUN DRIVER WHO RAN INTO A CHILD RIDING A BIKE. YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE THE BIKE THERE ON THE GROUND ALONG GETTYSBURG PIKE IN MECHANICSBURG, UPPER ALLEN TOWNSHIP. POLICE SAY THE CRASH HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND SOMEONE DRIVING A DARK BLUE SEDAN IS THE PERSON WHO HIT THAT BIKE. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE CHILD TO FLIP OFF OF THE BIKE AND LAND ON THE GROUND. THE CHILD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT IT’S NOT CLEAR HOW THE CHILD IS DOING THIS MORNING. 605 AND THE SEARCH FOR A SIX YEAR OLD GIRL SWEPT AWAY IN A DELAWARE COUNTY CREEK OVER THE WEEKEND HAS SWITCHED FROM A RESCUE TO A RECOVERY EFFORT. THE GIRL WAS ONE OF THREE CHILDREN PLAYING NEAR THE CHESTER CREEK IN THE CITY OF CHESTER ON SATURDAY, WHEN TWO OF THEM SLIPPED AND FELL INTO THE WATER. ONE OF THE CHILDREN WAS ABLE TO GET OUT, BUT THE SIX YEAR OLD IS STILL BELIEVED TO BE IN THE WATER, WHICH WAS RUNNING HIGH AND FAST FOLLOWING THE RAINS ON SATURDAY, THEY WERE DOWN ON THE BANKS OF THE WATER AT THE VERY WRONG TIME. AFTER ALL THAT RAIN, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY SLIPPERY. COULD COULD HAVE JUST BEEN A SLIP AND FALL. WE DON’T KNOW. WE DON’T HAVE THOSE DETAILS. RESCUE BOATS SEARCHED THE CREEK AND THE DELAWARE RIVER WHILE COAST GUARD HELICOPTERS SEARCHED FROM ABOVE THE CHESTER FIRE COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCED THE SHIFT TO RECOVERY EFFORTS YESTERDAY AFTER SAYING THEY DID NOT SEE ANY SIGNS OF HER IN HARRISBURG. BROAD STREET MARKET VENDORS AFFECTED BY LAST SUMMER’S DEVASTATING FIRE CAN START MOVING INTO A TEMPORARY TENT FOR THEM TODAY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT VENDORS ARE GETTING ACCESS TO THAT TENT SINCE THE PROJECT WAS ANNOUNCED. FOLLOWING THE FIRE LATE JULY THAT DESTROYED THE MARKET’S BRICK BUILDING. THE CITY SAYS PLUMBING HAS BEEN INSTALLED TO THAT TENT, AND THAT SINKS AND HAND-WASHING STATIONS ARE GOING TO START TO BE PUT INTO PLACE TODAY. THE CITY ALSO SAYS ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC AND CARPENTRY WORK STILL HAS TO BE FINISHED BEFORE THE TENT CAN OFFICIALLY BE OPENED. THAT’S NOT EXPECTED FOR A FEW WEEKS. RIGHT NOW, INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AFTER THREE WEEKEND FIRES IN BOTH LANCASTER AND YORK COUNTY. SO THE FIRST FIRE LET’S TAKE YOU TO YORK COUNTY, WHERE A HOME CAUGHT FIRE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING IN LEWISBERRY, THE FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT IT STARTED ON THE BACK PORCH OF THAT TWO STORY HOME, AND THEN SPREAD TO A NEIGHBORING HOUSE. IT DID TAKE TWO HOURS FOR CREWS TO PUT OUT THE FIRE, ACCORDING TO THE FAIRVIEW FIRE CHIEF. THAT FIRE FORCED THREE ADULTS AND THREE CHILDREN OUT OF THEIR HOMES. NO ONE WAS HURT, AND SO FAR, THERE’S NO WORD ON WHAT CAUSED THAT FIRE. IN LANCASTER COUNTY, FIRE DAMAGED A HOME THERE AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE WHAT’S LEFT AFTER YESTERDAY MORNING’S FIRE ALONG ARCADIA TRACE ROAD IN FULTON TOWNSHIP. JUST A SHELL OF A BUILDING THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS SAY THE RED CROSS WAS CALLED IN TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE. AND A THIRD FIRE, ALSO IN LANCASTER COUNTY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE HERE TO MEADOWS EAST APARTMENTS IN PENN TOWNSHIP. THIS FIRE HAPPENED SATURDAY MORNING. EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS DID TELL US THAT EVERYONE GOT OUT OF THAT BUILDING SAFELY, EVEN BEFORE CREWS GOT THERE. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MUST PAY UP TODAY IN THE BUSINESS FRAUD CASE IN NEW YORK. AND THIS WHILE A CRUCIAL HEARING ON THAT HUSH MONEY CASE AGAINST HIM, IS ALSO SET FOR TODAY. POTENTIALLY NEWS EIGHT’S AIMEE LOU IS IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU WITH MORE. TRUMP WILL BE IN COURT AS A JUDGE DECIDES WHEN OR IF A TRIAL HAPPENS IN THE CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY CASE WHILE POTENTIALLY LOSING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN PROPERTY TO PAY OFF DEBT HE OWES TO NEW YORK STATE. MAKING AN APPEARANCE IN A NEW YORK COURT, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL WAIT AS A JUDGE DECIDES NEXT STEPS IN A POSSIBLE TRIAL, CHARGING HIM WITH FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT HIS 2016 CAMPAIGN FROM NEWS OF ALLEGED AFFAIRS. HIS LAWYERS, ARGUING FOR A MONTHS LONG DELAY TO COMB THROUGH NEW EVIDENCE RELEASED BY PROSECUTORS. THIS WAS A RIGGED TRIAL BY A CROOKED JUDGE AND A CROOKED ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALSO HAPPENING IN NEW. YORK. THE STATE’S ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY BEGIN SEIZING TRUMP’S ASSETS AFTER HE FAILED TO SECURE A BOND TO PAY FOR OVER $450 MILLION OF DEBT IN CIVIL BUSINESS FRAUD. TRUMP’S LAWYERS PLAN TO APPEAL THE VERDICT. WE’RE FIGHTING IT OUT WITH THEM. WE HAVE A LOT OF CASH AND WE HAVE A GREAT COMPANY, BUT THEY WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY, OR AT LEAST TAKE THE CASH ELEMENT AWAY. POTENTIAL. TARGETS FOR SEIZING ASSETS COULD INCLUDE TRUMP’S PROPERTIES OR HIS BANK AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS. THIS IS JUST A CORRUPT GROUP OF PEOPLE. IT’S ELECTION INTERFERENCE. ONE POTENTIAL SOLUTION TO PAY OFF HIS DEBT TRUMP’S SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY IS NOW GOING PUBLIC. HE OWNS MORE THAN HALF OF THE SHARES VALUED AT $3 BILLION, THOUGH IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL MORE MONTHS BEFOR
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Firefighters battle overnight house fire in Adams County

Crews were called to the fire around 2:45 a.m.

Fire crews responded to an overnight house fire in Adams County.Video above: Morning headlines from News 8 Today.They were called to the area of Hickory Road and Sycamore Court in Mount Pleasant Township, near Gettysburg, around 2:45 a.m.According to emergency dispatchers, the fire was put out and no one was injured. For live traffic updates, click here. Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wgal.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

Fire crews responded to an overnight house fire in Adams County.

Video above: Morning headlines from News 8 Today.

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They were called to the area of Hickory Road and Sycamore Court in Mount Pleasant Township, near Gettysburg, around 2:45 a.m.

According to emergency dispatchers, the fire was put out and no one was injured.

For live traffic updates, click here.

Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wgal.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.