New York Personal Injury Accident Lawyer news– 1 worker found injured at Pitt Penn Oil Co. factory after fire started due to a spill.
Fire rescue reported East Deer Township oil company had a spill that caught fire injuring 1 worker.
East Deer Township, PA (NewYorkInjuryNews.com) — An oil spill burst into flames near a factory in Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh where emergency correspondents quickly arrived at the scene to locate two employees that were nowhere to be found, announced the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Officials reported to the scene Thursday morning when the fire began around 11:30 a.m. in the morning announced Allegheny responders. The fire was started at the oil company factory Pitt Penn Oil Co. located in East Deer Township. Investigators reported that company’s phone line at the plant was disconnected. A few of the products that Pitt Penn Oil Co. took inventory of are anti-freeze, motor vehicle oil, and many other liquids that motor vehicles require for maintenance.
The first Fire Rescue responders to the fire learned that it had started due to the oil spill. Police investigators have yet to determine the cause of the spill, which fueled the fire to grow and spread to the walls damaging the factory. Police reported that the two workers that were missing were located and that one of them was injured.
Emergency medical services (EMS) took the man, whose identity has not been released, Alle-Kiski Medical Center to be treated by doctors and nurses. The conditions of the men are not known. Investigators continue to figure out what caused the dangerous spill.
Bridget Hom
NewYorkInjuryNews.com