Firefighters, police and other emergency responders were called to West Mauch Chunk Street (US309) in Tamaqua around 6:15 PM today (Friday, September 26, 2014) for a report of black smoke coming from a roof of an apartment building, located next to We R Cigarettes.
A witness told TamaquaArea.com that a few neighbors had reported seeing black smoke in the same area a couple times over the past week. Officials stated the cause as a possible oil burner malfunction.
Responding were firefighters from all Tamaqua fire companies, Tamaqua Ambulance, Tamaqua Police and others.
Tamaqua Fire Police volunteers detoured traffic around that section of SR309 during the response.
No damage was seen or injuries reported.

