Firefighters were able to put out a fire and save a church structure along Church Street in McIntyre yesterday afternoon. The Coal Run/McIntyre Fire Company reports that they received a direct call from a homeowner after the caller’s cellphone network was unable to contact Indiana County 911. The fire company reached 911 by radio and Coal Run/McIntyre, Iselin/West Lebanon, Aultman and Tunnelton firefighters were dispatched along with RIT Team 900 were immediately dispatched, followed minutes later by Creekside. Additional fire companies were summoned for standby duty.
Firefighters found the flames between the basement and first floor of the building and quickly ran hoses into the basement, where they successfully put out the fire.
In all, firefighters were on the scene for about two hours. No cause has been announced and there is no damage estimate.
