:: East Middle Street (7-15-17)

Hanover Borough Box Alarm 083 was sounded at 04:58 hours for an auto matic alarm at IWM International ( the old hanover Wire Cloth) building at 500 East Middle Street. Engine 46-1 under the command of Captain 46-A, Doug Kemmerly arrived and reported normal conditions, investigating. Captain 46-A quickly updated the report to a working fire on the roof of the 1.5 story brick commercial building with fire running the rafters. A working fire assignment was dispatched bringing mutual aid fire departments as well as all off duty career personnel from hanover and Penn Township FD's. Units went to work opening the roof while shutting down power on the inside and battling the rapidly spreading fires along the steel rafters which are covered with several inches of basiclaly wire dust and coverings. The box was held to a working fire assignment, with RIT assigned.