Fire at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Dickson City prompts dozens of evacuations

Update, Feb. 12, 2026: Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City is slated to reopen Feb. 13. Emergency, surgical and constricted in-patient services volition resume, and enactment is ongoing to reconstruct further services and repair the campus, Jefferson Health said successful a statement. The exigency country volition unfastened astatine 7 a.m.

Crews were battling a occurrence astatine Lehigh Valley Hospital successful Dickson City, Pennsylvania, Wednesday nighttime into aboriginal Thursday.

The infirmary remains temporarily closed portion teams measure the harm and marque a program for reopening, a spokesperson said Thursday afternoon.

"LVH–Dickson City was instantly evacuated successful coordination with exigency responders. All patients, colleagues and visitors safely exited the building," a infirmary spokesperson said successful an emailed statement.

Lackawanna County Emergency Management Agency Tom Taylor said 77 patients were evacuated to different country hospitals. Six were ICU patients.

One firefighter was taken to different infirmary with thorax pains, Taylor said.   

The occurrence was contained to an outpatient orthopedic area, Taylor added.

The Dickson City Fire Department explained that the occurrence was connected the extortion of the archetypal building, which was known arsenic Scranton Orthopedics. That gathering was attached to a recently built one, Lehigh Valley Hospital.

Flames could beryllium seen pouring retired of the gathering arsenic crews responded to the blaze, CBS Scranton affiliate WYOU-TV reported.

The presumption cited Dickson City occurrence officials arsenic saying the orthopedic portion is simply a full loss.

There was nary occurrence successful the infirmary building, but it sustained fume and h2o damage, the section said.

The connection said anyone seeking to reunite with a diligent oregon loved 1 should interaction the dedicated accusation enactment astatine 610-402-0498.

This photograph provided by NEPA Fire Photography shows firefighters battling a blaze astatine the Lehigh Valley Hospital connected Feb. 4, 2026, successful Dickson City, Pennsylvania. NEPA Fire Photography via AP

Pennsylvania State Police, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and Pennsylvania Department of Health were astatine the scene, Gov. Josh Shapiro said connected societal media. 

"Thank you to each archetypal responder moving toward information to assistance their chap Pennsylvanians," Shapiro said. "Lori and I are praying for the staff, patients, their families, and the full assemblage tonight."

The Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal was trying to find the origin of the blaze.

Dickson City is astir 6 miles northbound of Scranton.

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