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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Two separate fires, one in Beaver Falls and one in Chippewa, were both handled on Thursday by some Beaver County fire departments. The Beaver Falls Fire Department went to the 600 block of 16th Street in Beaver Falls when they were called for a building fire at 2:30 a.m. and were assisted by departments from New Brighton, Rochester, Big Beaver Borough, and New Sewickley. They worked for three hours to extinguish both a porch and two floors of a large duplex building. Then at 9 a.m., the same day, the Beaver Falls fire Department got calls about another fire throughout an occupied building on the 700 block of Achortown Road in Chippewa. The Chippewa Township Volunteer Fire Department assisted them until everyone put out the fire shortly following noon the same day. All occupants evacuated safely and no firefighters were injured while operating at either scene.