Operations & Training

Fire in Salt Warehouse Challenging for Scranton, PA, Firefighters

Sept. 26, 2024

Cardboard and other materials fed the fire that ripped through the building, Scranton Fire Chief John Judge IV said.

Scranton firefighters didn't have to wait until they got close to Schoenberg Companies to realize they had a working incident. The heavy smoke was visible for miles.

“Table salt was the majority of the product that was in their boxed table salt ready for packaging for supermarkets,” Scranton Fire Chief John Judge IV told PAhomepage.

Cardboard and other materials fed the fire.

“At some point we we make our way in safely, but the building is pretty well compromised at this point. It’s lost the roof."

The five employees of the salt warehouse made it out safely.

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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.