| LTFD.org Recent Incidents EAST DONEGAL TOWNSHIP, PA — Lancaster Township Rescue 6-6 assisted Maytown-East Donegal Fire Company at a three-alarm fire. The fire started at 9:31 p.m. at Armstrong World Industries ceiling plant on August 3. Lancaster Township Engine 6-6-2 transferred to Marrietta Station 7-10 to cover additional calls in there district. Maytown-East Donegal Deputy Chief reported to incoming units there was a working fire in the roof area of building number 7. State police fire Marshall Brian Herr ruled the fire was accidental. “Radiant heat from one of the exhaust stacks ignited material in the roof,” he said. “It spread across the roof in one section of the building.” The fire started in a production area where ceiling tiles are made. That part of the plant is now shut down, according to Armstrong officials. The plant makes ceiling tiles which are put through dryers. The fire started in the plant’s board mill, where ceiling boards are made from raw material. The roof appears to be the most damaged area. Damage is minimal to the machinery. Two Bainbridge Fire Company firefighters were hurt during the fire. One experienced chest pains and the second was burned when a saw he was using malfunctioned. The fire company estimated the damage at $600,000. Armstrong officials said they will have a better figure once the insurance adjusters finish surveying the damage. 100 firefighters and apparatus from five counties included Lancaster, Lebanon, York, Cumberland and Dauphin county, brought the blaze under control at 4:06 a.m. Assisting the Maytown Fire-East Donegal firefighters were 16 fire, ambulance and haz mat companies. There were a total of 16 Engines, 10 ladder trucks, 7 tankers, 6 rescues, 9 ALS ambulances, 11 BLS ambulances, 2 air cascade trucks, 2 special rehab ambulance units, 3 hazardous material units, 1 field communications unit and the Salvation Army canteen truck. Emergency Personnel remained on the scene until 4:39 a.m. © Copyright 2004 by Lancaster Township Fire Department |