Saturday, January 25, 2020

Firefighters Make Quick Work of Acetylene Tank Fire in High Ridge

Firefighters stopped an acetylene tank fire from spreading on Friday afternoon.


Just after 4:00pm, Friday, emergency personnel were dispatched to Penske Trucking, located at 1304 Keystone Blvd. in the Highridge Industrial Park for a building fire.

As crews arrived they found smoke coming the service garage and inside found an acetylene tank on fire.

Due to the quick response of the fire departments, they were able to put the fire out before spreading.

The tanks were moved outside and hosed down while the building was ventilated.

Crews remained at the scene for about a half hour before clearing  the scene and workers were allowed to return to the building.

Responding to the scene were fire departments from Gordon, Heckscherville, Mt. Pleasant, South Cass Township, and Minersville along with Cass Township Police and Minersville EMS.