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Working Truck Fire On The Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lower Macungie Township
September 17, 2025 | PENNSYLVANIA
ALAN HOFFMAN, Correspondent

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This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.
On Sept. 2nd at 3:10 pm the Vera Cruz fire company was dispatched for a working truck fire on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the 54.0 mile marker in Lower Macungie Township. Engine-Tanker 28 arrived on the scene to find the back of the tanker on fire that was reportedly carring latex , The fire was Mainly contained to the rear wheels. Additional tankers and engines were dispatched to the scene.