Crime & Safety

Firefighters Quickly Extinguish Forklift Fire In Buckingham

The forklift caught fire inside a large pole barn on Stree Road.

(Lingohocken Fire Company)

BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, PA ? A forklift was destroyed Tuesday afternoon after it caught fire inside a large pole barn on Street Road.

Firefighters from Lingohocken, Northampton Township, Newtown Fire Rescue and Upper Makefield responded to the scene around 11:30 a.m. for a barn fire.

Lingohocken's Deputy 35 arrived on scene and reported a fully-involved forklift inside a large pole barn. Northampton's Rescue 3 arrived first and quickly extinguished the fire, containing the blaze to the forklift.

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(Lingohocken Fire Company)

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