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Hazmat Team Responds To Fire At Upper Merion Township Chemical Plant

UPPER MERION TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) - Flames erupted at a Montgomery County chemical plant early Wednesday morning. Hazmat crews were called to the Coopers Creek Chemical Corporation on the 800 block of River Road in Upper Merion Township, just after 4 a.m.

A lot of dark smoke could be seen coming from the facility.

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Coopers Creek Chemical Corporation

Officials tell Eyewitness News the fire started somehow during the processing of crude coal tar. An employee saw the fire and called for help.

According to the Coopers Creek Chemical Corporation's website, they refine crude coal tar which is used to make asphalt.

The cause has yet to be determined but officials do not believe it to be suspicious.

The incident remains under investigation.

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