Cleveland-Cliffs thanks firefighters
Aaron Steinheiser, Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works plant general manager, right, thanks Joe LaDue, Butler Township Volunteer Fire District assistant chief, for his department's efforts responding to the fire at the plant earlier this month. Cleveland-Cliffs is giving each of the departments that responded a $5,000 donation in appreciation for fighting the fire. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle
Responding departments receive $5,000 each
Representatives from Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works gathered in Butler Township Volunteer Fire station Friday to donate $55,000 to departments that responded to a fire at its facility March 16.
Each of the 11 departments that responded, or were standing by, received $5,000 from the company.
The fire broke out around 9:45 p.m. in an overhead cable tray at a finishing line in the plant. The scene was cleared by 1:30 a.m. the next morning. No injuries were reported.
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