HILLTOWN TOWNSHIP FIRE

WATCH: Cargo container contents catch fire Thursday, ushering response from Montco, Bucks fire agencies

The fire occurred around 12:45 p.m. in Hilltown Township at the O'Neill & Sons Inc. property

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

The fire occurred around 12:45 p.m. in Hilltown Township at the O'Neill & Sons Inc. property

Multiple fire agencies from Montgomery and Bucks counties are fighting a fire involving contents that ignited inside two shipping containers at the O’Neill & Sons Inc. property on Spur Road in Hilltown Township, Bucks County Thursday afternoon.

According to Emergency Alerts of Southeastern Pennsylvania on Facebook, arriving units found heavy fire showing, with a large black smoke header in the sky above the Indian Valley area around 12:45 p.m.

Responding units to the property at 1065 Spur Road include engines, tower, rescue, ladder and air units from Perseverance Fire Co. of Souderton, Hatfield Fire Co., Colmar Fire Co., Silverdale Fire Co. (Bucks), Sellersville Fire Co. rescue (Bucks) and Hilltown Township Fire Co. (Bucks).

By James Short

(Credit: Submitted photo)

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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at tony@northpennnow.com. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, with a degree in English/Professional Writing and Electronic Media. He went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.