Raw video: Multi-alarm fire in Lancaster County, PA workshop. Amish residents backup firefighters.
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Quite an interesting video from PUMPFIREHD in Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania in Lancaster County on Tuesday. The fire occurred at the workshop of B&B Structures near Stumptown and Gibbons roads around 4:00 PM. The business is owned by an Amish family. It’s unclear if the men without PPE helping out on the lines and handling a saw are some of the area’s Amish firefighters or members of the family and other community members pitching in.
A fire marshal ruled that the blaze was an accidental electrical fire that started in the center of the building, according to the Bird-in-Hand fire chief.
Crews said because of the remote location, fighting the fire required a lot of manpower.
“This is a non-hydrant area, so we brought considerable tankers to shuttle water to the scene. It always takes a few minutes to get set up, but the fire had a pretty good start on us before we got here,” said Lafayette Assistant Fire Chief David Keens.
More than 100 firefighters, many of them Amish, and 36 fire trucks and firefighting apparatus got the flames under control within about 30 minutes.
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