4/29/12 - East Hanover Township, PA - Bow Creek Road

Box 39-01 toned out around noontime for a reported barn fire at 257 Bow Creek Road in the Grantville section of the township. Numerous calls and reports of a smoke column from officers enroute indicated companies would be going to work. Engine 39 (Grantville) arrived and positioned down the lane to side A where a 2 story, 30x60 barn, was fully involved in fire. Engine 36-1 (West Hanover) positioned itself on side B and was fed a line from Engine 39. Deck gun and heavy water lines were placed in service but due to no hydrants in the area water supply hampered firefighting efforts. Command 39 requested additional tanker resources to the scene. Two porta tanks were set up at Bow Creek Road and the entrance to the lane and Engines 35 and 47 provided water from 2 fill sites. One fill site at the Penn National Casino taxed the water system creating low pressure at the gaming facility. Firefighters battled the flames for several hours before bringing the fire under control. No injuries were reported in the fire that sent plumes of smoke visible for miles and snarled the flow of traffic on I-81 located only a few hundred feet from the fire building.