RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Firefighters from more than a dozen fire companies spent about two hours Tuesday night fighting a fire in a conveyor belt system at a lawn and garden business in Richland Township, Bucks County.
The call came in around 9 p.m. as a rubbish fire at the Gardencore facility on East Pumping Station Road, formerly known as Oldcastle Lawn and Garden.
When firefighters from the Richlandtown Fire Company arrived, they found the conveyor belt system on fire and quickly called for more help. Tanker trucks from neighboring departments were brought in to supply water.
Crews attacked the fire from several sides, including from a ladder truck set up at the back of the conveyor system. The fire had spread to several sections of the conveyor, which made it a long fight, but firefighters eventually got it under control.
There was no word on injuries or what caused the fire.
The Richlandtown Fire Company thanked the many departments that helped. It also thanked the companies that covered empty firehouses during the call and the Fire Police who handled traffic.
Assisting companies: Quakertown Fire Company No. 1, West End Fire Company (Quakertown), Richland Township Fire & Rescue, Haycock Fire Company No. 1, Palisades Regional Fire Rescue, Trumbauersville Fire Company, Milford Township Volunteer Fire Company, Upper Saucon Volunteer Fire Department, Dublin Volunteer Fire Company, Sellersville Volunteer Fire Department, Perkasie Fire Company No. 1, Plumsteadville Volunteer Fire Company and Coopersburg Fire Rescue.
📸 Photos: Richlandtown Fire Company / Facebook
