20,000 Tires Burn in Pennsylvania

    Jan. 25, 2009
    A plant shop and former pizza parlor also were destroyed.

    STONYCREEK TOWNSHIP, Pa. --

    More than 20,000 tires burned in a five-alarm tire fire in Cambria County on Sunday morning.

    Fire crews were called to Carmen's Tires in Stonycreek Township. Officials had to send in a backhoe to try to pull the burning tires apart.

    In addition to the tire company, a plant shop and a former pizza place were destroyed.

    At one point, a firefighter had to be rescued from the flames.

    Authorities continued to investigate a cause Sunday.

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