Large fire with possible explosion causes traffic jams, Johnstown PA
Fire & ArsonA large fire broke out near Central Ave in Johnstown, PA, possibly involving an explosion. The fire caused heavy traffic congestion around Bedford Street, Cedar Street, Horner Street, and near the Family Dollar store. Emergency responders are handling the situation, and the road blockages may last throughout the night.
Audio|Source: Cambria County Transit Authority - Urban Division
03:7
Transcript:
00:00
I'm going to take Horner Street and try to cut up on the other side because I can see there's a few continue on Bedford there's no way. So I can't even make it to like the first couple streets up there.
00:17
Okay, so you're just thinking Horner Street then outbound.
00:21
That's correct. I'm going to give this a try and try to come up. I don't remember what the street is, uh, cedar or something that we use sometimes.
00:32
Yeah,
00:33
I'm not sure how far they're going to be backed up, so I'm not even sure once you get to the top of there, if you're going to be able to make the right on to Bedford or not.
00:41
Yeah,
00:42
I think it's my best chance, because I'm not going to make it the other way at all. You can't even make it to the first couple streets there.
00:48
No,
00:50
that's fine.
00:51
Just let me know how you make out once you get up to Cedar.
00:55
That's a huge, it's a pretty big fire.
01:00
Yeah, from when I'm hearing, there might have been an explosion there.
01:12
There's definitely a lot of activity. It's even with Hickory Street, the house on Bedford.
01:19
So, you know, Cedar Street.
01:22
There's a lot of traffic on Cedar, but it is open.
01:30
That's, yeah, there's no, we couldn't use hickory, that there's no way to do that, so I'm gonna keep going to see what happens.
01:39
Thanks, Josh.
01:42
Oh yeah, I'm not suggesting taking Hickory Street, I'm saying you can use Cedar to Horner Street to get around there.
01:58
214 dispatch.
01:59
I'm on cedar and I'm going to make it pass everything but obviously it's extremely backed up over here.
02:07
214 dispatch how that's going to work theater i'm back on route but i think it's going to be an all-night thing
02:19
okay thank you mike uh have kind of agreeing on now i think it's pretty bad over there so it's gonna be quite some time it doesn't appear to be like your normal house buyer
02:37
No, as I said, I think there was some kind of explosion over there as well.
02:57
On, please, Beth.
02:59
Yeah, um, coming up close to the Family Dollar.
03:03
My plan is to take a left on Von Lunan and then feeder to Horner.
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
Near Central Ave, Johnstown, PA 15902
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
Correct
Incorrect
