Firefighters from area departments were called out twice in 12 hours to battle fires in frigid conditions.

Multiple companies responded to a raging fire that destroyed a pole building Thursday night at Spring Mountain Farms off Route 209 in Franklin Township.Fire hit the structure just after 5:30 p.m.The narrow icy driveway prohibited firefighters from getting close to the scene. The barn, nestled among trees, was located to the rear of the property, far from the road.Firefighters set up a water supply on Route 209 and ran a hose to the scene more than 300 yards away.Companies were on the scene for three hours in single degree temperatures.Companies assisting Franklin Township included Palmerton, Mahoning Township, Parryville, Bowmanstown, Towamensing and Lehighton.Lehighton and Mahoning ambulance corps were also on scene.Franklin Township police were the first to arrive and reported animals were running from the scene.A neighbor spotted the owner's dog, which was injured, according to scanner reports.Thick black smoke could be seen as far away as Palmerton and Lehighton.This morning firefighters were dispatched to a working house fire onBlue Mountain Road in Ashfield.The fire was first reported just after 6 a.m. at 510 Blue Mountain Road almost across the street from the East Penn Township Fire Company.Mahoning Township and Parryville departments responded with East Penn.Flames were climbing up the south exterior wall of the two story, wood-frame, single-family house.Firefighters were anxiously seeking the occupants of the home since a car was in the driveway.Firemen were hampered by subfreezing temperatures of minus 2 degrees.A fire marshal was called to the scene.