PA Firefighter Arrested after Vote Ending VFD

    Dec. 11, 2018
    The fight between several people happened Monday night during a heated Pitcairn council meeting that disbanded a volunteer fire company.

    By Madasyn Czebiniak

    Source The Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.

    WPXI-TV
    A Pitcairn, PA, firefighter was arrested following a fight between several people at Monday night's borough council.
    A Pitcairn, PA, firefighter was arrested following a fight between several people at Monday night's borough council.

    A Pitcairn volunteer firefighter was arrested Monday night following an altercation among several people in Pitcairn, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV.

    The altercation came after borough council voted to disband Pitcairn #2 Volunteer Fire Department during a heated meeting, according to the television station.

    WPXI-TV didn’t name the firefighter. The investigation is ongoing.

    Pitcairn has two volunteer fire departments. VFD #2 was set to be disbanded at the end of the year, WPXI-TV said.

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