LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Hazmat crews and DEP are keeping an eye on an active fire in Lancaster County.
On Friday, March 3, firefighters were called to a shop on fire on Stauffer Road in East Earl Township around 5:19 p.m.
Firefighters learned the shop housed pallets and racks of lithium-ion and lithium-polymer batteries which caused several small explosions and rainbow-colored flames.
County hazmat was called to the scene after this discovery.
Fire officials said the contents of the building were placed into dumpsters and moved to a field across the road, away from other buildings. The dumpsters will continue to burn for several days or even up to a couple of weeks.
Stauffer Road will remain closed due to shrapnel and other debris flying out from the dumpsters.
Officials say there is no immediate health risk to those who live in the area near the burning dumpsters.
