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Afternoon Building Fire
By Watchdesk
January 17, 2012
On Tuesday, the 17th of January 2012 at 13:31 hours, the Honey Brook Fire Company was dispatched to assist the Twin Valley Fire Department on an industrial building fire in Caernarvon Township Berks County.
Engine 33-5, Engine 33-1, Rescue 33 and Traffic 33 responding shortly thereafter with 16 personnel. Engine 69-2 with Deputy 69 (Hostetler) arrived on the east side along with the additional 69 units and 3-4 units to find a large industrial building with the fire reported out with heavy smoke throughout the building. 33 units reported to the west side of the building along with Truck 3-9. 33 units utilized all available exhaust fans to reduce the smoke in the building as Truck 3-9 set up to check the roof for any remaining fire. After ventilating was is place and the smoke cleared and the fire was confirmed to be extinguished all units were released by Command 69.
