SPS fire: Some Abington Township residents asked to voluntarily evacuate; shelter-in-place in effect

[Music] the scene still active and a community still on edge following that massive warehouse fire in Glenside Montgomery County 24 hours later and fire Crews continue to fight the Flames dousing the building with water this has environmental officials monitor the air quality while residents await word that it's safe to return home it is Tuesday night in the big story on Action News is the latest on that Inferno at the SPs Technologies complex on high Avenue hundreds of residents were asked to evacuate their homes while a shelter in place remains for a 1em radius school districts are once again closing tomorrow as a precaution action news reporter Caroline gagen following the latest developments tonight and is live in jenin town with more Caroline Rick this is a much different scene tonight than it was at this time last night but as you mentioned Crews remain here in Montgomery County tonight working on this facility here in the county we also know tonight that many roads around this area are closed 247 homes were part of a voluntary evacuation order this afternoon and as of right now there is no word on when people will be able to return home it has been 24 hours since the initial Flames tore through SPS Technologies in Glenside destroying the 500,000 ft facility which makes fasteners for Aerospace equipment no one was injured but 60 employees were evacuated all day today crw remained on the scene just Steps From the Highland restaurant it's just so surreal Dan Catz owns the restaurant on Highland Avenue he got a call from the township last night asking to use the space for First Responders I'm happy that they're able to be here in warmth us bathrooms we've been feeding them 68 fire companies were called in to assist last night today members of the ATF arrived on scene trying to determine how this fire started meantime officials called for a voluntary evacuation of a five block radius due to changing conditions and air quality concerns we do know that they use very harsh chemicals right in in the aeronautical engineer engineering process of making bolts and fasteners as of now officials say no hazardous materials have been detected but the EPA and the D continue to conduct air quality tests they were doing air quality testing both inside the perimeter uh you know where the the actual fire fight was occurring as well as out into the neighborhood for evacuees with pets Hopewell Veterinary Hospital is offering free boarding we would be available to take in animals for the next you know number of days the hospital says its staff is also available to offer advice on how to handle this situation we just wanted to make sure that we're available if there's something that we can do to help people out in the in this you know unexpected difficult situation and back out here live tonight 24 hours later as Crews continue to douse this facility with water you know we can tell you just being on scene all night long that they have made significant progress in fighting this fire that Veterinary Hospital that you heard from they tell us they do have more space available so if they're are any evacuees in this area who need some help just give them a call as for schools in this area we know tonight that cheltonham Abington and jenin town schools they are all closed once again tomorrow that is the latest live in jenin toown tonight I'm Caroline Channel 6 Action News Rick Caroline thank you and no word tonight from SEPTA about the impact this could have for tomorrow's commute today the Lansdale doy toown Warminster and West Trenton lines were all suspended supplemental service for those three lines was run on the Chestnut Hill East and Fox Chase lines with trains running every half hour but there were plenty of delays