A two-alarm fire devastated a banquet hall and popular wedding venue in Northampton County, Pennsylvania late Saturday, according to officials.

The blaze at The Moon of Saucon Valley was reported just before 11 p.m., consuming much of the two-story banquet hall as fire crews arrived on the scene.

Firefighters from 20 companies around Northampton, Lehigh and Bucks counties worked through the freezing night to extinguish the fire, Lower Saucon Fire Rescue Chief Ty Johnson told The Morning Call . Multiple water tanker trucks were also deployed.

The Meadows Road venue, which borders Saucon Creek, was previously known as The Meadows.

Photos showed the fire engulfing the complex, with flames extending a dozen feet above the roofline. Heavy smoke still hung over the partially collapsed stru

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