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Pair Of Blazes Keeps Wheeling Firefighters Busy on Thursday

Wheeling Fire Department

The Wheeling Fire Department was busy Thursday, fighting a pair of fires just hours between each other in different sections of the city.

After putting out a fire in a house in North Wheeling on Thursday morning, firefighters were called to National Road in Woodsdale on Thursday afternoon to put out a fire coming from the trash in the back of a garbage truck.

Around 10:35 a.m. Thursday, firefighters were called to 610 Main Street, where flames and heavy smoke could be seen coming from the second floor of the residence. Initially there was a report of possible entrapment inside, but shortly after firefighters arrived, they learned all occupants were able to escape safely.

Firefighters were able to get the bulk of the fire under control in about 20 minutes. The house sustained heavy fire damage and is not able to be occupied at this time. W.Va. 2 was closed in both directions for about an hour.

No firefighters were injured. Fire investigators will work to determine a cause of the fire, which could take several days.

Then early Thursday afternoon, firefighters got a call to National Road near Heiskell Ave. There, they found a Jochum Refuse truck with smoke and fire coming out of the back.

The driver pulled into the parking lot of a shopping plaza and dumped the cardboard contents, which allowed firefighters to extinguish the flames. No one was injured.