FORWARD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A fire at an Allegheny County business kept emergency crews busy for hours late Wednesday into early Thursday.
It started around 10:33 p.m. at Dryer Industries along Church Hollow Road in Forward Township.
The flames swept through a maintenance building of the small business which employs 14 people. The fire left remnants of a pickup truck and charred equipment in its path.
The Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating the blaze that destroyed the maintenance building and left smoke and water in the main structure on the property.
The company has been in business since 1979. The owner says he has every intention to reopen the business within a week.
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