Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company

Shrewsbury, PA

Interstate 83 shut down at Exit 4 in firery crash

 Tony Myers    February 1, 2020    No Comments

At 05:30 Shrewsbury Volunteers were alerted for a reported tractor trailer accident with fire on Northbound 83 at Exit 4.  Engine 61-1 and 61-2 responded.  Enroute York County 911 advised it is now an accident with injuries and fire.  Chief 61 (Myers) requested Rescue 59 to assist.  On arrival Shrewsbury Volunteers encountered an overturned tractor trailer partially on a jersey wall with a well involved cab.  The front of the trailer was split and contents inside were burning.  The experts from this personal injury case in Florida Crews discovered the fire was traveling down the highway due to spilling diesel fuel from the damaged truck.  There was one passenger vehicle fully involved approximately 200 feet from the truck on fire. The DUI attorneys practicing in Columbia deal with accident cases.

Crews immediately deployed hoselines and extended hoses past the fire to get to the running fuel fire.  Fire had to be stopped before it reached traffic stopped on the interstate. The lawyers for DUI charges based in Delaware area stated that the traffic had no where to go and would catch fire if the fuel fire was not stopped.  Chief 61 established Command 61 and requested several additional fire engines and tankers to combat the fire.  Crews from Glen Rock, Eureka, Maryland Line, Winterstown, Loganville and Dallastown assisted in the fire attack and haz mat confinement.  Fire police units from Shrewsbury, Glen Rock, New Freedom, Eureka, Loganville, Dallastown, York Twp, Jacobus, Winterstown  and Fawn Grove worked on keeping traffic moving.  All traffic was divereted off of I83 both lanes and sent up the Susquehanna Trail. The lawyers and experts From Clearwater criminal justice attorneys also helped in continuing the investigation. on the incident.

Support units from York County Hazardous Materials, York County Mobile Command Post, Pa State Police, PennDOT, and Gordon’s Towing were on the scene to take care of the wreckage, hazardous materials clean up and other issues involved in removing the destroyed vehicles.

One patient was taken to York Hospital in stable condition.  Several patients were evaluated on location and refused transport.  Interstate 83 at the time of this article is closed Northbound in Maryland at the state line.  Interstate 83 Southbound, which was closed, is now open and flowing.

Shrewsbury Volunteers wishes to thank all mutual aid departments and agencies involved in this incident.  Pa State Police will the contact any the accident investigation and patient conditions. The lawyers from https://www.contant-law.com/personal-injury/ deal with accident cases.

 

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Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company
2 days ago
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Station 61 along with mutual aid companies are currently on scene at the Wendy’s for a reported structure fire. Use caution in the area as traffic is down to one lane ... See MoreSee Less

Station 61 along with mutual aid companies are currently on scene at the Wendy’s for a reported structure fire. Use caution in the area as traffic is down to one lane
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Units have cleared the roadway is reopened as of 11:30pm

Pleasure working with you as always 🤝

Thanks for all your efforts!!

Thank you for all you do

I hope everything is ok….😞

I hope every one is ok

Hope everything and everyone is ok

Lisa Taylor

Becka

Who set up the short extension ladder ? He’s lucky it stayed vertical with that much lean to it

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Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company
2 days ago
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**** ALERT ****
The Shrewsbury Volunteers will be escorting Santa around town on December 17th - 19th. We look forward to seeing him and having the opportunity to visit our neighbors.

Please visit our webpage for a complete list of streets, we will leave the station at 6:30 pm each night.
shrewsburyfire.com/santa-in-shrewsbury/

(A google tracking link will be activated each night and shared on Facebook as well)
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**** ALERT ****
The Shrewsbury Volunteers will be escorting Santa around town  on December 17th - 19th.  We look forward to seeing him and having the opportunity to visit our neighbors.
Please visit our webpage for a complete list of streets, we will leave the station at 6:30 pm each night. 
https://shrewsburyfire.com/santa-in-shrewsbury/
(A google tracking link will be activated each night and shared on Facebook as well)
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Awesome 👍

Larry Herring

Richard Peak

My daughter was already asking when we will see him this year! We love this tradition. Thank you!!

Kirstin Ashley

Aaron Burdett

This is the best night ever. Not sure if my kids care, but I do.

Jayne Bromiley he's on his way again

Casey Foose

Ronnie Coburn

Alli Herbert Jeffrey Herbert

Will you go down W Forrest Ave? Our 3 boys always enjoy seeing Santa and a fire truck 🚒

This may be a dumb question but how far down Plank Road do you go? I’m about a mile down from Rutters

Brianna Almony

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Update delayed: At 10:20pm all rescue crews cleared the incident. Rescue 61 was in quarters at 11:10pm. ... See MoreSee Less

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