Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Unattended open burning next to vehicles

This fire burned and smoldered unattended for at least three hours next to parked vehicles at the Catholic War Vets today. I thought the borough had an ordinance forbidding open burning.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

What's in the barrel that could burn for such a long time?

Brian Long said...

"WHEREAS no person or persons that burn or attempt to burn any garbage or
refuse or any other material other than material approved by the Columbia Borough
Fire Chief or his designee."

Wonder whether the folks doing the burning followed the stipulations in ORDINANCE NO 854-2014? Maybe this is another exception to the codes and ordinances that everyone's supposed to follow?

Anonymous said...

It wasn't just smoldering (smoke), when I went to my car I could see flames.

Joe Lintner said...

Yes, I wonder if they got special permission or just decided to do it.

Joe Lintner said...

Right, flames can be seen in the video.

Anonymous said...

Were they burning American flags?

Brian Long said...

Doubt that! When disposing of the American Flag, this is just one of the guidelines: "Please make sure you are conforming to local/state fire codes or ordinances." suggested by the VFW at this Website.
http://www.vfw.org/Flag/