Emergency crews evacuate patients and battle blaze at Pennsylvania hospital

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

Updated 6:40 AM CST, February 5, 2026
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DICKSON CITY, Pa. (AP) — Emergency crews battled a blaze and evacuated patients from a hospital Wednesday night in Pennsylvania as fire engulfed part of the facility, according to officials.

All patients, staff and visitors were safely evacuated from Lehigh Valley Hospital in Dickson City, according to a hospital spokesperson. Emergency responders continued to work at the scene early Thursday.

Gov. Josh Shapiro said on the social platform X that the state’s police, emergency management agency and health department had responded to the fire.

“Thank you to every first responder running toward danger to help their fellow Pennsylvanians,” he said. “Lori and I are praying for the staff, patients, their families, and the entire community tonight.”



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-hospital-fire-lehigh-valley-ea092bc53a3bbe2e1a24dcd893e3414c

[NoRethugFriends]

1. Since there is an actual Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia

Perhaps change your headline to a Pennsylvania Hospital?

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Why so many confusing names in Pennsylvania ? Indiana University of Pennsylvania, U. of Pa. at California ?

(I lived there for a decade, still found it weird.)

[3catwoman3]

3. And isn't there a Miami of Ohio?

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Yep, home of Miami University. nt

[NoRethugFriends]

5. Nothing confusing about being called Pennsylvania hospital in Philadelphia

[modrepub]

7. Like The County Seat of Chester County

Is West Chester. The City of Chester is in Delaware County. Bonus, Downingtown was proposed as the seat of Chester County government. The townspeople wouldn’t sell the land to the county. They didn’t want the hassle of all the government offices and hooligans who’d hang around. Guess they were ahead of their time.

[QueerDuck]

8. The ambiguity is the fault of using the original AP headline... which is REQUIRED by DU rules for the LBN forum.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1014

There are strict guidelines for starting discussions in this forum: Post the latest news from reputable mainstream news websites and blogs. Important news of national interest only. No analysis or opinion pieces. No duplicates. News stories must have been published within the last 12 hours. Use the published title of the story as the title of the discussion thread. On or after election days, discussion threads announcing that a race has been called are only permitted if the source is the Associated Press.

[Omaha Steve]

9. I can't change the headline DU rules

There are strict guidelines for starting discussions in this forum: Post the latest news from reputable mainstream news websites and blogs. Important news of national interest only. No analysis or opinion pieces. No duplicates. News stories must have been published within the last 12 hours. Use the published title of the story as the title of the discussion thread. On or after election days, discussion threads announcing that a race has been called are only permitted if the source is the Associated Press.

[twodogsbarking]

6. Thank you to all those who assisted. People I honor.

[NoRethugFriends]

10. Thanks to those who pointed out that the original headline from the article can't be changed in the post.

My bad.