Jenkintown residents can expect more testing and cleanup after massive SPS Technologies fire, police chief says; schools to remain closed Thursday
At a meeting Wednesday night of Jenkintown Borough officials, Police Chief Thomas Scott provided a briefing that detailed the ...
Class-action lawsuit filed against SPS Technologies following massive fire in Abington Township
A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of those impacted by last week's massive fire at SPS Technologies in Abington ...
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Residents urged to evacuate area near huge blaze at SPS Technologies in Jenkintown
It purchased the 32-acre property in Jenkintown in 1920 from Wharton Switch Works. In 1978, the company changed its name to SPS Technologies. In 2023, the EPA issued a $109,000 fine on SPS ...
SPS Technologies fire site ‘extremely dangerous', people told to avoid it
Days after an explosive fire broke out at the SPS Technologies factory in Abington Township, Pennsylvania, residents were ...
SPS fire in Glenside still burning. What to know about warehouse blaze, Abington response
The massive fire that engulfed SPS Technologies late Monday night was still burning on Wednesday morning, according to ...
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Jenkintown SPS fire continues to smolder; most chemicals stored at the site were spared from blaze, officials say
The tactical response by our firefighters prevented what could have been a mass casualty incident,” Abington Police Chief Patrick Molloy said.
Massive fire at Pennsylvania aerospace plant prompts shelter-in-place order, evacuations
Officials say schools are closed and residents have been ordered to shelter-in-place after a large fire broke out at SPS ...
Abington company that caught fire had toxic ‘ignitable waste’ on site and had past EPA violations
Vinyl chloride is a man-made, colorless gas that burns easily and is used to make polyvinyl chloride, a hard plastic.