CARBON COUNTY, PA – Just after 2:30 AM on Wednesday, July 8, Carbon County 9-1-1 dispatched the first alarm assignment to 1114 Berwick Street (State Route 93) in the Village of Coxeville, Banks Township for a garage on fire.
First arriving units found a one and a half story detached garage with heavy fire showing from the upper floor. Tresckow and Beaver Meadows both positioned their engines near the front of the building while McAdoo Lader 49-22 took the front of the building.
Crews experienced water supply issues due to two dead hydrants in the immediate area forcing command to call extra tankers in to the scene. Tankers from Carbon, Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties hauled water into the scene.
Multiple lines were stretched and crews worked the interior of the building before being evacuated and the elevated master stream was put into use off the ladder.
The bulk of the fire was knocked down within 45 minutes and tankers began to go home within the hour.
A State Police Fire Marshal was requested in to the scene to help investigate the cause of the fire.
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