ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Two people are facing arson charges in connection with an inferno that raged Wednesday night near Allentown’s Riverfront.
The Lehigh County District Attorney's Office on Friday announced charges against two unnamed juveniles in connection with the six-alarm fire.
They are charged with arson, recklessly endangering another person, conspiracy and causing a catastrophe. Authorities did not provide their ages Friday afternoon.
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The burned out remains of the former American Atelier furniture factory on Front Street continued to smolder Thursday, June 25, almost a day after flames were first reported there.
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A worker measures a piece of a porch at one of the seven rowhomes damaged by the blaze at the former American Atelier factory.
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Crews knock down a portion of the outer wall of the former American Atelier furniture factory Thursday, June 25, after a blaze gutted the building.
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The blaze destroyed the former American Atelier furniture factory while also damaging rowhomes across Front Street and several vehicles.
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The burned out remains of the former American Atelier furniture factory on Front Street continued to smolder Thursday, June 25, almost a day after flames were first reported there.
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The burned-out remains of the former American Atelier furniture factory on Front Street continued to smolder Thursday, June 25, almost a day after flames were first reported there.
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Allentown officials on Thursday, June 25, survey the aftermath of a six-alarm fire that tore through the former American Atelier factory and damaged seven rowhomes on Front Street.
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Flames ripped through the former American Atelier furniture factory and heavily damaged seven rowhomes across Front Street; the fire was reported at 8:41 p.m Wednesday.
Crews fought hotspots into Thursday morning before starting to knock down parts of the building.
More than two dozen people were displaced as the six-alarm blaze damaged seven rowhomes. But those numbers could've been much higher without crucial aid from other agencies, officials said.
