Wednesday, May 16, 2012 A Fire-Police Officer from a Bucks County fire company died in the Line of Duty after feeling ill at the scene of a large chemical facility fire this morning. Lightning apparently ignited the massive tank at Dow Chemical in Croydon early this morning, touching off that multiple alarm fire.
Bucks Firefighters responded to the large plant at Routes 413 and State Road in Bucks County, less than a mile from the Burlington-Bristol bridge. The county's HazMat team was also called to the scene along with mutual aid HazMat.
The fire started at about 0400 and a large black column of smoke extended high above the fire. We'll post more details later. Our sincere condolences to all affected. RIP.
