Emergency crews battle flames near recycling plant for hours in North Fayette Township

NORTH FAYETTE TOWHSHIP, Pa. — A fire near a recycling plant in North Fayette Township has been burning for hours.

Firefighters, police officers and medics were called to 111 Kelso Road at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. North Fayette Volunteer Fire Department said it remained on scene “well into the night.” Overall, they were on scene for just shy of six hours.

The department says it was a large wood scrap fire. The response was “scaled up” because the department said the fire was difficult to access and a large-scale water supply operation. A department official tells Channel 11 they don’t know the cause of the fire.