Crime & Safety
Small Fire on Milton Street Quickly Extinguished
Swissvale Fire Chief Clyde Wilhelm said smouldering drop cloths created a lot of smoke.
Swissvale firefighters responded to what Chief Clyde Wilhelm termed "a very small fire" in a garage at 1211 Milton St. Thursday afternoon.
Swissvale Fire Department received the call at 3:35 p.m. and had returned to the station less than an hour later.
Wilhelm said they found smouldering drop cloths at the back of the garage.
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"It produced a lot of smoke," he said.
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