Kocher Coal Yard Fire
Millersburg, PA
December 18, 1953
At 7:30 a.m. on December 18, 1953, a fire was discovered in the Leon E. Kocher coal yards at the north end of the Oak Hill Cemetery in Millersburg. The fire started when a 3000 gallon tank of road oil was being heated, and the railroad tie base caught on fire. Millersburg firemen used a Fog nozzle and a booster tank to put the fire out. |
