Indiana County firefighters had a quiet Saturday until late in the afternoon, when a couple of structure fires were reported. The first of them happened shortly before 5 o’clock in Cowanshannock Township, Armstrong County. A fire damaged the Back Road Bar, located along Route 1042, the old Route 85 near West Shamokin High School. Plumville and Creekside assisted Armstrong County units from Rural Valley and Dayton, with Marion Center on standby.
Then last night, a five-alarm fire was reported just after 9 o’clock at an abandoned house in North Mahoning Township. Plumville and Marion Center joined Dayton, out of Armstrong County, and Perry Township and the Lindsey Fire Department out of Jefferson County at the scene along Route 210. Pine Township and Creekside firefighters stood standby duty.
