The first day of the New Year turned out to be a busy one as first responders were called out for several calls on Friday.
Three of the calls were power-line related as lines were reported down in some of Indiana County’s eastern townships. The first such call was at 5:03 PM along Route 403 in Pine Township, with the Pine Township fire department dispatched for that call. The second was at 6:52 PM along Grange Hall Road in East Wheatfield Township and Armagh fire department was called out for that. The final “lines down” call was at 7:47 PM in Green Township along Lovejoy Road. Commodore Fire Department was called out for that incident.
Emergency crews were also dispatched to the scene of a vehicle accident on Friday. The crash was reported on Route 403 South in Buffington Township. Brush Valley and Vintondale Fire Departments were dispatched along with Citizens Ambulance and State Police at 4:12 PM. Homer City Fire department would be called in at 4:40 for standby detail at the Brush Valley Fire department. Details on the crash have not been released.
Cherryhill Township fire department was called out for traffic control at 6:22 PM. Indiana Fire Association was called out for an automatic fire alarm activation on Indian Springs Road in White Township at 7:23 PM. And Blairsville Fire Department was called out it assist putting out a brush fire in Westmoreland County at 7:47 PM.
