Multiple Fire Departments Battle Junkyard Fire
By: WSAZ News Staff Email
Posted: Fri 8:17 AM, Jul 20, 2012
OAK HILL, Ohio (WSAZ) -- Nearly a dozen departments were called to battle a fire at a junkyard in Jackson County, Ohio on Thursday.
The fire at Coleman's R.C. Recycling in Oak Hill, Ohio was first reported about 3:30 p.m.
Jackson County, Ohio Emergency Management tells WSAZ.com that a cutting torch caught a car on fire and that fire then spread to another 75 junked cars.
Officials say it took more than three hours to get the fire under control. No one was hurt.
11 fire departments were called to the scene, some from Scioto and Gallia Counties.
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