FIRE RESPONSE ON CLAY STREET IN TAMAQUA

Fire Response, Clay Street, Tamaqua, 6-11-2015 (5)Emergency personnel were dispatched to the area of 244 Clay Street in Tamaqua just after 4 PM yesterday (Thursday, June 11, 2015) for a possible house fire.
Tamaqua Fire Chief Tom Hartz stated that discarded ashes from a woodstove caught a plastic recycling container on fire at the side of the home.
A neighbor, John Murphy, provided his fire extinguisher to stop the fire.
Responding were Citizens Fire Company, Tamaqua Police, Tamaqua Ambulance and others.
Tamaqua Fire Police controlled traffic around the scene for the duration.

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