Worker Suffered Minor Burns in Morning Fire at Sewer Plant

According to , a Municipal Waste Authority worker suffered minor burns to his hands when a fire erupted at a pump outside the sewer plant on East Washington Street shortly after 10 a.m. this morning.

“Apparently an employee was filling the gas pump with a gas can and gas got onto the motor,” Norristown Fire Chief Tom O’Donnell told The Herald.

Workers on the scene were able to extinguish the fire before firefighters arrived on the scene.

The injured man was taken to an area hospital to be treated for burns on both hands.

Read more about the incident here.