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State of Emergency After Fire Guts DPW Garage
By Staff Reports
The Tube City Almanac
February 06, 2022
Posted in: McKeesport and Region News
This is a developing story and will be updated.
A fast-moving fire destroyed four of the city’s snow-plowing trucks on Sunday morning, officials said.
McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko has declared a state of emergency following the blaze, which broke out just after 6 a.m. inside the public works garage near the 15th Avenue Bridge.
“Formally acknowledging a state of emergency opens up a variety of resources that we may need to utilize at this time,” Cherepko said. “It also gives us more flexibility as we look to replace all of the vehicles, equipment, and even the building that we lost today.”
Four large dump trucks, a sewer-cleaning truck and a street-sweeper were inside the public works garage when the fire broke out. The garage itself also was destroyed, officials said. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
“While this is a very unfortunate situation for the City of McKeesport, I am very grateful that there were no injuries resulting from the incident,” Cherepko said. “I’m grateful for our firefighters, who contained and extinguished this fire — stopping it from spreading to our other structures.”
Originally published February 06, 2022.
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