Fire at Muhlenberg Township Used Car Dealership Injures Firefighter

A fire broke out around 1pm Wednesday afternoon on the 5300 block of Allentown Pike (5th Street Highway) at a used car dealership. The blaze prompted multiple departments to respond to the scene and closed the road for an extended amount of time.

A building and several cargo container storage units were involved in the fire. During the fire, a firefighter was injured and transported to Reading Hospital. It is not known how the firefighter was injured.

- Advertisement -

Allentown Pike in the area of Walmart was closed for several hours as firefighters battled the blaze.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

- Advertisement -
Jason Hugg
Jason Hugghttps://huggmedia.com
Editor and photographer at Berks Weekly.
Reading
mist
37.6 ° F
42.7 °
32.1 °
87 %
3.3mph
0 %
Sat
49 °
Sun
57 °
Mon
49 °
Tue
44 °
Wed
36 °

Latest News

31,321FansLike
3,101FollowersFollow
86,190FollowersFollow