1/28/19
by News Department on 01/28/19Fire in Shamokin...
Flames forced women and children from a safe house in Northumberland County overnight.
“Transitions of Pennsylvania,” is an organization that serves victims of domestic and sexual violence in Snyder, Union, and Northumberland counties.
Just after midnight Sunday, the building, in Shamokin, where some women and children are kept safe from those situations went up in flames.
The CEO of transitions says everyone who was living there has been placed in other safe houses, and the organization's services to the area are not being disrupted. A fire inspector is working with Transitions to determine what caused of the fire.
Right now authorities say the cause appears to be electrical.
If you need help, you can visit the Transitions website or call a 24-hour help hotline at 1-800-850-7948.
