McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko declared a state of emergency following an early Sunday morning fire at the city’s Public Works building. The mayor’s office said in a statement in a statement, four large dump trucks equipped with snow sweepers, a road sweeper and a truck to clean storm drains were lost in the blaze – all all important means Public Works Operation. “I have to go up a hill, two hills to talk just to get my specific job done as a caretaker, so it will probably be pretty tough depending on what other bad weather happens. ,” McKeesport Friday resident Schofield Cherepko said the statement allows the city to “urgently work toward solutions, as the Public Works Department tends to city services this winter.” and things are lost because it’s important to us to be able to get out and get the job done,” said McKeesport resident Alex Ashley. that we might need at the moment,” Cherepko said in a Facebook post. and even the building we lost today.” McKeesport Fire Chief Jeffrey Tomovcsik said the city will still be able to salt and plow the streets, but he can say the city is resourceful and he hopes the city will be prepared to deal with the hazards. The Allegheny County Fire Department is investigating the cause of the fire. Cherepko said: “While this is a very unfortunate situation for the City of McKeesport, I am grateful that there were no injuries. caused by the incident.” extinguished this fire – preventing it from spreading to our other structures”.
McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko declared a state of emergency following an early Sunday morning fire at the city’s Public Works building.
The fire broke out at 1300 Market St. just after 6:15 am
The mayor’s office said in a statement that four large dump trucks equipped with snow sweepers, a road sweeper and a truck to clean storm drains were lost in the fire – all vehicles. important to the operation of the Public Works.
“I have to go up one hill, two hills to talk just to get my specific job done as a caretaker, so it could be quite challenging depending on other bad weather. how it happened,” said resident McKeesport Friday Schofield.
Cherepko said the statement allows the city to “urgently work towards solutions, as the Ministry of Public Works tends to use city services this winter.”
“I hope that at some point they get the money they need to restore all the lost gear and stuff because the important thing is that we can get out and get the job done.” McKeesport resident Alex Ashley said.
“Officially acknowledging the emergency opens up many resources that we may need to use at this time,” Cherepko said in a statement. Facebook post. “It also gives us more flexibility as we look to replace all the vehicles, equipment and even buildings that we have lost today.”
McKeesport Fire Chief Jeffrey Tomovcsik said the city could still salt and plow the streets, but it could take longer without using the four large trucks lost in the fire. He said the city is resourceful and he hopes it will be prepared for future storms.
The Allegheny County Fire Police are investigating the cause of the fire.
Officials confirmed that the structure has no users.
“While this is a very unfortunate situation for the City of McKeesport, I am grateful that there were no injuries as a result of the incident,” Cherepko said. “I am grateful to our firefighters who contained and extinguished this fire – preventing it from spreading to our other structures.”
