Shortly after 11:15 a.m. on Friday, emergency dispatchers alerted crews to a structure fire at 624 Chestnut Street in York City’s Ridge Avenue corridor. According to WGAL News 8, firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke pouring from a three‑story row home; by 11:18 a.m., the blaze had been upgraded to a third alarm as flames spread to the adjoining houses.
York County Fire Paging logs confirm the dispatch at 12:08:37 PM on July 25, 2025, for a “STRUCTURE FIRE RESIDENTIAL NORTH 3” at 624 Chestnut Street, with cross streets Ridge Avenue and State Street. Units from York, West York, and Springettsbury Township were among the dozen-plus departments that converged on the scene, establishing multiple water supply points to halt the fire’s advance.…