Livestock saved from Buffalo Township mobile home fire

Dec. 18--Two pigs, several goats and a few chickens were saved from a fire Wednesday at a mobile home that had been converted into a shelter for livestock on Coal Hollow Road in Buffalo Township.

At least 15 chickens were unaccounted for and feared trapped inside the mobile home, firefighters and the homeowner said.

No one was injured.

"There was too much smoke to see the other chickens," said Pat Volte, who owns the mobile home.

He said the mobile home once was home to his in-laws, but after their deaths, it was transformed into a barn-like shelter.

Volte said he doesn't have insurance.

Buffalo fire Capt. Kip Johnston said a double-roof complicated work to reach the flames and smoke that swirled in the stiff wind. A second roof was built over the top of the mobile home's original one.

Firefighters were still battling the blaze an hour after getting the first call at 9:45 a.m. from Butler County 911.

Numerous volunteer companies were sent for staffing on a cold day that was accompanied by wind and snow flurries.

Among the units assisting Buffalo were Sarver, Saxonburg, Herman and Lick Hill and other companies from Armstrong and Allegheny counties, according to Butler County 911.

Firefighters left just after noon.

Chuck Biedka is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Chuck at 724-226-4711, [email protected] or via Twitter .

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