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Thick smoke billows from burning home in Dauphin County

Fire crews tackled a house fire on Tuesday evening.

Thick smoke billows from burning home in Dauphin County

Fire crews tackled a house fire on Tuesday evening.

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      YEAR. GOOD MORNING. IT JUST TURNED 6:00 ON THIS WEDNESDAY. I’M MATT BARCARO. I’M CAITLIN SMITH, AND HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS MORNING. NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LU IS IN WASHINGTON REPORTING ON THAT NEW ROUND OF TARIFFS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE TODAY. NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS IS LIVE IN YORK TALKING TO A BUSINESS THAT IS EXPECTED TO FEEL THE IMPACT FROM THOSE TARIFFS. WE’RE ALSO LOOKING LIVE RIGHT NOW FROM OUR YORK SKYCAM, AS IT IS A NOTICEABLY CHILLIER START TO THE MORNING. IT IS A IT’S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE’VE BEEN EXPERIENCING. SO YOU WILL NEED YOUR COAT. THE KIDS PROBABLY NEED SOMETHING A LITTLE HEAVIER THAN YESTERDAY AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE BUS STOP. CHRISTINE, IT IS COLD OUT THERE. IT’S BEEN CLEAR. IT’S BEEN RELATIVELY CALM OVERNIGHT AND THAT’S WHY WE’VE DIPPED INTO THE 30S THIS MORNING. SO DON’T LET THAT SURPRISE YOU, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE WARM WEATHER WE’VE HAD LATELY. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. MOST SPOTS ARE CLEAR. STARTING TO SEE SOME HIGH CLOUDS THOUGH. COMING IN FROM THE WEST. 29 RIGHT NOW IN SELINSGROVE. THAT’S THE NEW UPDATE AT 6:00 TEMPERATURE 32 IN YORK, 32 LEBANON. WE HAVE 37 IN HARRISBURG AND CARLISLE 12. OUR FORECAST TODAY, CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AND THICKEN BY LATE MORNING. WE’LL SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SO THAT’S A CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY. AND THE WIND WILL BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER WITH A HIGH OF 54. SO I THINK WITH THE CLOUDS AND THE BREEZE IT’S GOING TO FEEL A LITTLE COOLER THIS AFTERNOON. BUT DON’T WORRY IF YOU LIKE 70S. THEY’RE BACK TOMORROW. I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE 70S. BUT IF YOU ARE WALKING, YOU KNOW YOUR DOG SITTING EARLIER IS BETTER, RIGHT? EARLIER IF YOU WANT TO AVOID THE WIND, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE CHILLY FOR SURE. GOING TO BE CHILLY. ALL RIGHT CHRISTINE, THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. IT’S WEDNESDAY, 601 ON THE CLOCK TAKING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW ALONG OREGON PIKE THERE IN MANHEIM TOWNSHIP LANCASTER COUNTY AND PENNDOT JUST WRAPPING UP WORK THERE ON 222 NORTHBOUND IN LANCASTER COUNTY, A PART OF THE 3222 INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. AND WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A BIT. BUT ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, WE DO HAVE ONE INCIDENT THAT WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON IN MANOR TOWNSHIP IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS IS ON BIRCH COURT AT HOLLY DRIVE, AND THAT SHOULDN’T SLOW YOU DOWN TOO MUCH THIS MORNING. SO COMING UP IN JUST A BIT, I’LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THE 3222 INTERCHANGE PROJECT AND WHAT THEY’RE PLANNING TO DO FOR THAT. IN THE SHORT COMING FUTURE. SO WE’LL HAVE MORE OF THAT IN JUST A BIT. TODAY IS THE DAY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE NEW TARIFFS AGAINST U.S. TRADING PARTNERS. NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LOO IS REPORTING ON THIS FROM WASHINGTON. WITH HOW THESE TARIFFS COULD IMPACT U. MATT AND CAITLIN. PRESIDENT TRUMP ARGUES THAT THESE NEW TARIFFS WILL BRING SHORT TERM PAIN FOR LONG TERM GAIN. TRADING HIGHER PRICES AND RENEWED INFLATION FOR BOOSTED MANUFACTURING AND REVENUE. APRIL 2ND, 2025 WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DAYS IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCING A BARRAGE OF RECIPROCAL TARIFFS PROMISING MORE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION AND JOBS. IN RETURN, PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ECONOMIC VISION IS ROOTED IN COMMON SENSE. AS ECONOMISTS WARN THE MOVE COULD PLUNGE CONSUMER SPENDING INTO A DOWNTURN, LEADING TO RECESSION IN 2025. UNLESS WE CHANGE COURSE, THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT COSTING THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD UP TO AN EXTRA $4,200 A YEAR. CONSUMERS ARE ABOUT TO GET PUNCHED IN THE FACE BY THE PRESIDENT. THERE’S REALLY NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO TO PREPARE FOR THAT. THE TARIFFS, LIKELY MATCHING TAXES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT AS HIGH AS 20% AS SOME WHITE HOUSE AIDES HAVE FLOATED, THREATENING TO UPEND GLOBAL ALLIANCES. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT WE WERE RETALIATING AS LONGTIME TRADE PARTNERS PROMISED PUSHBACK WITH THEIR OWN TAXES. WE DO NOT NECESSARILY WANT TO RETALIATE, BUT IF IT IS NECESSARY, WE HAVE A STRONG PLAN TO RETALIATE AND WE WILL USE IT. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS CABINET WILL SPEAK FROM THE ROSE GARDEN THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT HOW THESE RETALIATORY TARIFFS WILL WORK. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES SHORTLY AFTER THE STOCK MARKET CLOSES. IN WASHINGTON, I’M AMY LU, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AND EVEN THOUGH WE DON’T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS ON THOSE TARIFFS YET, AS AMY JUST MENTIONED, HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT NEWS CONFERENCE AT 4:00 TODAY. SOME HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ARE ALREADY BRACING FOR THE CHANGE. NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS LIVE THIS MORNING AT AN AFRICAN GROCERY STORE IN YORK COUNTY THAT DOES HAVE A LOT OF PRODUCTS SHIPPED IN FROM OVERSEAS. THE OWNERS, GABRIELLE, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PRICE HIKES, POTENTIALLY. YEAH. GOOD MORNING, MATT AND CAITLIN. WELL, EAT AN AFRICAN MARKET HERE IN YORK COUNTY. IMPORTS MOST OF ITS GOODS FROM PLACES LIKE NIGERIA AND GHANA. TAKE A LOOK HERE AT THESE PRODUCTS. THIS DRIED CATFISH IS 16.99. AND THEN YAMS HERE FROM GHANA THREE FOR 25. THOSE PRICES COULD DEFINITELY INCREASE ONCE THOSE TARIFFS GOES INTO EFFECT. NOW I HAVE SAY JOINING ME THIS MORNING. HE’S THE OWNER HERE AT THE STORE. SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THOSE TARIFFS TODAY. HOW ARE YOU PREPARING. WELL WE JUST GOT TO WAIT ON THE FED BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES IN AND PRICES GO UP WE DEFINITELY GOING TO INCREASE PRICES BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT EVERYONE. IT’S GOING TO AFFECT THE COMMODITY AND ALSO GOING TO AFFECT THE SHIPMENT OF GOODS HERE. SO WE JUST GOT TO WAIT AND SEE HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK OUT. WILL YOU STOP SELLING ANY GOODS HERE AT THE STORE DUE TO THOSE TARIFFS? NO, I WILL NOT STOP SELLING GOODS. YEAH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SELL. WE’RE NOT GOING TO STOP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT THIS AFTERNOON AT 4 P.M. WE’LL CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU UPDATES ABOUT THOSE TARIFFS AS WE RECEIVE THEM REPORTING LIVE HERE IN YORK COUNTY. I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AND EVEN WITH THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, IT STILL COULD TAKE TIME FOR OWNERS LIKE THE ONE GABRIELLE WAS TALKING TO TO KIND OF ASSESS THE FULL SITUATION OF HOW THEY HAVE TO TRICKLE DOWN TO WHEN THOSE PRICES ARE. IMPLEMENTED. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL BE FOLLOWING THIS. THANKS, GABRIELLE. PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PERRY SAYS HE PLANS TO HOLD A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL TONIGHT AT 6:00. IF YOU PLAN TO ASK A QUESTION, YOU DO HAVE TO RSVP THROUGH THE CONGRESSMAN’S WEBSITE. THIS IS NOT IN PERSON. THIS IS ONLINE. THE EVENT WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON CONGRESSMAN PERRY’S FACEBOOK PAGE. A FIRE AT A DAUPHIN COUNTY PRISON AT THE DAUPHIN COUNTY PRISON LED TO MORE THAN 100 INMATES BEING MOVED WITHIN THE PRISON, AND IT ALSO SENT THREE WORKERS TO THE HOSPITAL. THE SWATARA TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WAS CALLED TO THE PRISON JUST AFTER SEVEN LAST NIGHT FOR A PLUMBING FIRE. COUNTY LEADERS SAY THE PRISON RELOCATED 165 INMATES TO A DESIGNATED AREA THAT WAS SAFE IN THE PRISON. NONE OF THE INMATES WAS HURT. THREE STAFF MEMBERS, THOUGH, DID GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION. THE SWATARA TOWNSHIP FIRE MARSHAL IS NOW INVESTIGATING WHAT CAUSED THAT FIRE. TWO PEOPLE ARE IN THE DAUPHIN COUNTY PRISON THIS MORNING, FACING MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF A FOUR MONTH OLD GIRL. THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD IS ONE OF THE TWO CHARGED, ACCORDING TO CHARGING DOCUMENTS. THE OTHER IS JOSE MELENDEZ PADILLA. HE’S ACCUSED OF PHYSICALLY ABUSING THE CHILD SINCE FEBRUARY, LEADING TO A FRACTURE ON HER RIGHT LEG. THEN SHE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. INVESTIGATORS SAY MELENDEZ PADILLA WAS IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY AND HAD ILLEGAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS. ON FRIDAY, POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO THE HOME ON WAKEFIELD ROAD IN SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP FOR THE CHILD, WHO WAS IN CARDIAC ARREST. NOW TO AN UPDATE ON A HOUSE FIRE IN LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THERE WAS A MURDER-SUICIDE BEFORE THAT FIRE THAT STARTED ON SUNDAY ON FAIRFAX DRIVE. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS 33 YEAR OLD ELISE SAUCEDO SHOT AND KILLED HER BOYFRIEND. 40 YEAR-OLD GARY GIBSON JUNIOR, BEFORE KILLING HERSELF. INVESTIGATORS SAY BOTH WERE DEAD BEFORE THE FIRE STARTED SUNDAY MORNING. A NEIGHBOR SAYS HE CALLED FIRST RESPONDERS AFTER SEEING THE FLAMES. I LOOKED OVER THE TREES HERE AND I SAW SMOKE BILLOWING FROM THE REAR, RIGHT WHERE REAR WINDOW AND SMOKE WAS BILLOWING UP FROM THE VENT ON TOP OF THE ROOF AND OUT THE VENT STACKS. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS UNUSUAL. SO I IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911. FOUR DOGS WERE ALSO KILLED. POLICE SAY THEY DID RECOVER A GUN THAT WAS REGISTERED TO SAUCEDO. A MOTIVE HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED, BUT WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE HOUSE WHERE THEY LIVED WAS FORECLOSED ON IN JULY AND THEY WERE BEING EVICTED. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI IS DIRECTING PROSECUTORS TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO LUIGI MANGIONE, AWAITING A TRIAL IN NEW YORK FOR THE MURDER OF BRIAN THOMPSON. IN JANUARY, NEW YORK STATE, THOUGH, DOES NOT HAVE THE DEATH PENALTY. SO IF CONVICTED, MANGIONE WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE DEATH PENALTY UNDER STATE CHARGES, BUT HE COULD BE ELIGIBLE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WHICH IS WHAT BONDI IS CALLING FOR. HE PLED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES IN NEW YORK AND IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED IN THE DAYS AFTER THE KILLING. NEW THIS MORNING, A LANCASTER MAN IS NOW SET TO SPEND 5 TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY HE PLED GUILTY TO ASSAULTING A WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN LAST YEAR. THE LANCASTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS 46 YEAR OLD JAMES JOHNSON PLED GUILTY TO SEVERAL CHARGES LAST MONTH. INVESTIGATORS SAY JOHNSON WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE WHEN HE ASSAULTED VICTIMS AT A HOME IN LANCASTER TOWNSHIP IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. THE DA’S OFFICE SAYS JOHNSON PUNCHED A WOMAN IN THE FACE MULTIPLE TIMES, AND WHEN A CHILD TRIED TO GO TO A NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE TO CALL 911, INVESTIGATORS SAY JOHNSON KICKED AND STOMPED ON THAT CHILD’S FACE AND CHEST. AND THEN A SECOND CHILD TRIED TO CALL 911. AND INVESTIGATORS SAY JOHNSON STRANGLED THAT CHILD. DAUPHIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER JUSTIN DOUGLAS SAYS ANOTHER EIGHT BHUTANESE REFUGEES HAVE BEEN DEPORTED, INCLUDING TWO MORE FROM DAUPHIN COUNTY. TEN REFUGEES WERE ALREADY DEPORTED EARLIER THIS MONTH, INCLUDING ONE FROM DAUPHIN COUNTY. DOUGLAS SAYS AFTER ARRIVING IN BHUTAN, THE MEN WERE THEN TAKEN TO A TOWN IN INDIA NEAR THE NEPALESE BORDER. AND AT LEAST FOUR OF THEM, INCLUDING A 33 YEAR OLD MAN FROM DAUPHIN COUNTY, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED WHILE WALKING FROM INDIA TO NEPAL. THOUGH WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE ARRESTED FOR. COMMISSIONER DOUGLAS
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      Thick smoke billows from burning home in Dauphin County

      Fire crews tackled a house fire on Tuesday evening.

      Firefighters battled a house fire in Dauphin County on Tuesday evening. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.Crews responded to the fire at a home in the 1500 block of Braewood Drive in Swatara Township just before 5:45 p.m.Thick smoke could be seen billowing from the house.According to Swatara Fire and Rescue Services, crews contained the fire to the room it started it with minor extension. At this time, it's unclear what caused the fire. Photos from the scene show crews setting up ladders and opening up the roof to fight the fire. WGAL is working to learn more. Stay with us for updates. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.

      Firefighters battled a house fire in Dauphin County on Tuesday evening.

      Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.

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      Crews responded to the fire at a home in the 1500 block of Braewood Drive in Swatara Township just before 5:45 p.m.

      Thick smoke could be seen billowing from the house.

      According to Swatara Fire and Rescue Services, crews contained the fire to the room it started it with minor extension.

      At this time, it's unclear what caused the fire.

      Photos from the scene show crews setting up ladders and opening up the roof to fight the fire.

      WGAL is working to learn more. Stay with us for updates.

      See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.