Pennsylvania Officers Respond To Burglar Alarm, Discover Fire

    March 18, 2009
    Officers heard explosions so firefighters were called to the scene.

    EAST HEMPFIELD TWP., Pa. --

    Fire crews were working all night to put out hotspots after a fire at a Lancaster County business.

    At about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to a burglar alarm at Freightliner in the 1600 block of Rohrerstown Road in East Hempfield Township.

    Officers heard explosions so firefighters were called to the scene.

    Fire crews saw heavy smoke coming from the building when they arrived.

    The fire started in one of the trucks inside the building, firefighters said.

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