UPDATE:More details have been provided concerning this morning’s vehicle fire at the state prison complex in White Township.
Indiana Fire Association company 2 was dispatched at 4:33 this morning for the reported fire at SCI-Pine Grove on Fyock Road. About twelve minutes later, Clymer Fire Department was dispatched to provide tanker assistance. Officials with the Indiana Fire Association said on the department’s Facebook page that the car was fully involved in the fire when first crews arrived. They discovered that the car’s fuel tank was compromised, so a dry-chem extinguisher was deployed along with hoses to put the fire out. Officials also said that the fire was “stubborn” in nature due to the fuel burning and burning magnesium in the vehicle’s dashboard.
Crews were on the scene for nearly an hour.
WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
Two fire departments were called out earlier this morning for a vehicle fire at the state prison complex.
Indiana County 911 initially dispatched members of the Indiana Fire Association to the vehicle fire at SCI Pine Grove on Fyock Avenue in White Township at 4:33 this morning. Within 12 minutes, Clymer fire officials were also dispatched to assist. Initial scanner reports say that the vehicle that caught fire was in the employee parking lot and no other cars were around it at the time. No injuries have been reported.
The exact cause of the fire remains unknown.
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