Fire Hits Vintage Stables
0 Comments | Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era; Combined Saturday edition, Feb 9, 2009 | by Carla Di Fonzo
Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze late Sunday night at Vintage Sales Stable Inc. on Lincoln Highway East.
Kinzer Fire Company Chief Doug Brubaker said the flames destroyed parts of the company’s office area and sale arena – but that the steers in a nearby stable got away safely.
“It’s miraculous, really,” he said. “Right now I have to guess there were about 50 steers, and none of them were injured during the incident.”
Vintage Sales Stables Inc., a licensed auctioneer at 3451 Lincoln Highway East, holds sales of steers, cows and veal calves.
Trooper Jamie DeWalt, a State Police fire marshal, said the cause of the fire was undetermined – pending further investigation.
A damage estimate also was not available this morning, investigators said.
Brubaker, who lives near Vintage Sales Stables Inc. in Paradise Township, said he was one of the first individuals to spot the fire around 11 p.m
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