Pennsylvania Firefighters Battle Vacant Factory

Much of a vacant historic factory in Fleetwood, Berks County, PA lay in ruins Christmas Eve after an all-day fire that drew over 200 firefighters from 40 companies in two counties. The Garden State Tannery on S. Franklin Street on the borough's south side was 60 percent to 70 percent destroyed. The plant consists of several buildings within a city block with the largest building approximately 800x20'. At the peak of the fire, the borough hydrant system supplied over