Fire at industrial building near Portmay Rd in Watsontown, Watsontown PA
Fire & ArsonA fire broke out in a commercial industrial building near Portmay Road in Watsontown. Flames and heavy smoke were visible, involving equipment inside the grinder room of the facility. The reported person on site had turned off electrical breakers in the affected area. Fire and emergency units responded, including tankers, engines, and rescue squads. The fire was described as heavy, and a second alarm was initiated to manage the situation.
Audio|Source: Union County Fire
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Delaware Township, Watsontown Brick Company, near Portmay Road.
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Commercial welding fire.
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Hudson Town Brick Company, near Portmaint Road, cross streets at Route 405, and Route 44,
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commercial building fire.
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Box 3-9-9-tower and tanker 15,
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rescue tanker 5,
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ambulance 8, engine 12, engine 13, engine 39,
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2332.
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Central G503 responding.
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K-15-03 responding, 2332.
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Central 904 respondent.
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904 responding, 2332. 904 responding, 2332.
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Keyes 904 at Watsstown Brick Company, fires in grinder room plant three. RP said he believes he was the only person at the facility. He did shut off all the breakers, so there's no electric in that room.
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Fire was visible and growing as he was leaving the area.
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904 copies.
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2333.
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She'll make you eight respondent?
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Make you eight responding, 2333.
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Sound for 902 responding, 2333.
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902 responding, 2333.
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So she's 15-1 responding. She's 15-0-1 responding, 2334.
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7902, which building is plant 3?
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902, all you say to is plant 3 grinder room.
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902 from 904.
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Yeah.
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I think that's going to be the new building up on the hill.
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All right.
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Central, 15.03 is on scene.
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1503 on scene, 2336.
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9.2.
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Central.
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Go ahead.
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Yeah, I'm going to assume it's going to be the building up the top of the hill there. That's where he's hanging.
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All right, Doug is back.
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Delaware Township, Monsetown Brick Company, near Port May Road.
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Plan 3.
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Commercial building fire.
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Wattestown Brick Company, Plant 3, near Port May Road,
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commercial building fire, box 92, company 9,
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tower and tanker 15, rescue and tanker 5, 2337.
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Central Tower 15 responding.
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Tower 15 responding, 2337.
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That's not until.
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9.02.
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On the scene,
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heavy fire and equipment inside the building.
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902, I'm seeing heavy fire and equipment inside the building.
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902, I'm assuming you're taking command.
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Can I put you on Channel 4?
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That's fine.
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Yeah, I'll have command and I'll get you a better situation update here.
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Okay, do you want a second alarm dispatch?
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Central Spot 9 responding.
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Squad 9 responding, 2338.
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McH Chief 9.
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Central Tanger 5 responding.
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Tanger 5, 23338.
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Mickeyway, stage down there, you'll be stuck.
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1503, do your favor, take a lap around the building with your truck and see what's on the other side.
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And it's soon responding to Watson-Brick Company fire Delaware Township, move to Fire 4 for operations, Fire 4 for operations 2339.
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What's your thought process as far as Phil's site?
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Best five responding moved to fire four.
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Central, finger two three responding.
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Anchor 15239. Anchor 15, 2339.
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Go ahead.
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You're just on a town somewhere.
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You want to get something up there.
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Squad nine, that's still.
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Go ahead.
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This is going to be the new building at the top of the hill. I want you to try and lay five of them down from the top, if I remember we could have enough,
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from the entrance there, try and keep it off to one side here, though, so we can get,
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from bay door.
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Copy that, lay in,
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trying to keep it off the one side. See, building.
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We've got heavy black smoke on this side of the building.
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Central 15.02 on scene.
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2341.
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Central,
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tanker 92. Response 1 to 4.
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Tanker 922, 2341.
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Tanker 9, 2341. Tanker 9, 2341.
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Central 59, obscene.
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SWAT 92341 T522 Central.
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We're going to start your second alarm.
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And I pick the hider now that, let's do South Main, you want to do South Maine in Grandville.
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Location mentioned:
Near Portmay Rd, Watsontown, PA 17777
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