Fire damages Mahanoy Township windmill
MAHANOY CITY â Fire damaged a windmill Monday afternoon in Mahanoy Township. Around 2:45 p.m., firefighters from Mahanoy Cityâs West End Fire and Rescue Company were called to the Locust Ridge Wind Farm along Route 339 just north of the borough. Mahanoy City Fire Chief Dan Markiewicz said the fire was in the hub mechanism in windmill âT8,â located about a mile east of the entrance to the wind farm at Route 339. The chief said windmills use oil and other petroleum products in day-to-day operations and it was those petroleum products that were on fire. Since the windmill str...