YORK, Pa. — Federal, state and local emergency personnel announced that they have come together to form a Unified Command in response to the building fire and associated oil spill that occurred at J&K Salvage on Feb. 25.
Emergency responders were dispatched to the fire in Spring Garden Township just before 2 p.m. The salvage yard is located on King Mills Road, right next to an unnamed tributary which feeds into the Codorus Creek.
The fire reportedly melted several dozen containers holding about 10,000 gallons of various oils, which seeped into the soil and the tributary that leads to the Codorus, according to the York County Office of Emergency Management…