SENECA, Pa. (EYT) — Officials say the question of the cause of the blaze that decimated the main structure at Seneca Hardwood Lumber Company in Venango County will never be answered.
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According to Trooper Jeffery Cross, a Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal stationed in Franklin, the cause of the fire at Seneca Hardwood will remain undetermined.
“The firefighters pushed everything into one big pile while fighting the fire. There’s just no way to figure out what happened,” Cross told exploreVenango.com.
Cross also noted that an insurance adjustor for the carrier for Seneca Hardwood came to the same conclusion.
The fire broke out shortly before 8:30 p.m. at Seneca Hardwood Lumber Company, just off Hepler Road, in Rockland Township.
According to a representative of Venango County 9-1-1, they received a call reporting the fire at 8:19 p.m., and all Venango County fire departments, except for Cooperstown, were dispatched to the fire.
Additional support was also called in from surrounding counties, including companies from Petrolia, Bruin, North Washington, Marion Township, and Eau Claire in Butler County, companies from Hydetown and Randolph in Crawford County, Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department from Clarion County, as well as several companies from Mercer County.
Tionesta Volunteer Fire Department in Forest County and several other departments in surrounding counties were also placed on stand-by.