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LLEWELLYN – BRANCH TOWNSHIP (SCHUYLKILL COUNTY), PA: Branch Township and Minersville Fire Companies were dispatched at 11:50 p.m. to the former China Inn at 1357 Bunting St., Route 209, in the Village of Llewellyn for a large two-story building fire. Crews found a heavy smoke coming from the second floor and the fire spreading through the rest of the building. Ladder trucks from Pottsville and Minersville were set up and an elevated master streams were used a number of times. Nearby fire hydrant has not been working properly the decision was made immediately to bring in a tanker task force to shuttle water. A number of refill and dump sites were set up near the fire scene. Due to collapse of ceilings firefighters were removed out of the structure a number of time and exterior hose lines were used. Firefighters using multiple tankers and other units from South Cass, Summit Station, Pine Grove, Heckshersville, Joliett, Phoenix Park, Friedensburg, Mount Carbon, Schuylkill Haven, Deer Lake-West Brunswick Township, Newtown, Landingville, Branchdale and Minersville responded to the scene. Multiple fire police units shut down Route 209 while units operated at the fire scene. Pottsville-Schuylkill Haven Area EMS and Minersville EMS provided Rehab at the scene. The fire was brought under control around 3:20 a.m. and the units left the scene before 6:00 hours.
Story and Photographs by the Coal Region Correspondent Stephen Barrett

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