WVDEP Orders Peoples Cartage to Develop Cleanup Plans Following Warehouse Fire

WVDEP orders Peoples Cartage to develop cleanup plans following warehouse fire

Video is previous coverage. PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — As emergency crews are replaced with cleanup crews at the site of the Peoples Cartage warehouse fire that burned in Parkersburg for more than two days, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is now ordering the property's owners to develop a cleanup plan. The WVDEP [...]

Lawsuit filed over Peoples Cartage fire in Wood County

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Less than 24 hours after a fire at the Peoples Cartage warehouse in Wood County was declared out, the first lawsuit has been filed. Charleston Attorneys Jesse Forbes and Dante DiTrapano along with others have filed the suit which is proposed for class action status in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of West Virginia. “Unfortunately and sadly on July 4th weekend we have this devastating incident happen in this com…

Class action lawsuit alleges negligence caused Wood County warehouse fire

A class action lawsuit has been filed after a warehouse caught fire over the weekend, raising health and safety concerns for nearby residents and businesses.

Fire at Peoples Cartage draws departments from throughout Wood County and beyond – Mountain Media, LLC

By: Evan BevinsFor: Parkersburg News and Sentinel Parkersburg – A fire at a warehouse complex early Sunday morning sent a thick plume of black smoke into the air all day long, forcing firefighters from Wood County and beyond into what looks to be a long operation to safely extinguish it. East Wood Volunteer Fire Department [...]