A duplex on the 200 block of Ridge Street in Emmaus suffered major fire damage early Saturday morning. Two homes were affected but no injuries were reported.

A witness said she ran outside her apartment to see two homes up in flames around 2 a.m. The fire started on the porch of one of the homes, then traveled into the connected unit, Tiffany Maslanka said.

“I woke up because I heard someone screaming, like at the top of their lungs, screaming like bloody murder,” Maslanka said. “Like a scream I’ve never heard before in my life, and I saw orange outside of the window.”

Maslanka saw her neighbor standing outside with a baby in her hands.

Fire breaks out at a duplex on the 200 block of Ridge Road in Emmaus early Saturday morning, Oct. 11, 2025, causing major damage. (Tiffany Maslanka/Contributed photo)

“Everything’s gone,” Maslanka said. “It’s just sad.”

The fire was incredibly fast-moving, Maslanka’s husband, Evan said. “It’s like a matchbox lit up,” he said.

No injuries were reported, said Emmaus Fire Inspector Ryan Crawford, but both sides of the duplex saw “pretty substantial” damage and the building was left uninhabitable.

The cause is under investigation, Crawford said.

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