On March 25, 1981 at 7:20 a.m. Cumberland County Headquarters dispatched firefighters to a building fire at County Line Welding, Pa. Rt. 641 two miles west of Newburg. Sparks from cutting torch ignited paint thinner causing a fire that extensively damaged the business. Firefighters from two companies had the blaze under control in 20 minutes. A damage estimate was not available. The Vigilant Hose Company assisted at the scene along with units from Newburg-Hopewell.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Welding Shop Gutted By Fire
On March 25, 1981 at 7:20 a.m. Cumberland County Headquarters dispatched firefighters to a building fire at County Line Welding, Pa. Rt. 641 two miles west of Newburg. Sparks from cutting torch ignited paint thinner causing a fire that extensively damaged the business. Firefighters from two companies had the blaze under control in 20 minutes. A damage estimate was not available. The Vigilant Hose Company assisted at the scene along with units from Newburg-Hopewell.2 comments:
No comments can be made anonymous, you need not sign in but you must sign a name or they will be deleted. This is just to seperate fact from fiction and keep it from being anything like whacker fest pa fire.
I am sorry to add the word verification but recently 88 of my post were spammed in one night. I do not have the time to correct that many post again, so this will eliminate the bullshit.
20 minutes to control this fire. Did the get the memo about their safety? Hey Brad, when are coming to visit? I have a pic for you.
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Have you noticed that it did not take us as long to control the fires and we ran alott less apparatus back then? Maybe we were not worried about NFPA and rehab as much and had bigger stones and more common sense back then. Okay now I can head into work this morning.
ReplyDeleteI hope to come up next week, if I don't make it up then it won't be until the end of April because of scheduled O.T.