Fire Strikes Abandoned Dixie Cup Factory
Photo by KEN SNYDERFireground scene showing the iconic Dixie Cup on the roof not effected by the fire.
Photo by KEN SNYDERTwo ladder towers,two ladders and a local industrial boom truck in service.
Photo by KEN SNYDERScene on the west side of the fire building.
Photo by KEN SNYDERWilliams Twp. 'workhorse engine' laid ldh from a hydrant two blocks away to the fire scene at the 3rd alarm Dixie Cup fire 3/14/25!
Photo by KEN SNYDERFirefighters work in the vicinity of the local iconic Dixie Cup.
Photo by KEN SNYDERThe east side of the firegrounds.
WILSON BOROUGH, PA - On March 14th at around 6:42 A.M., the Northampton County 911 Center dispatched units to a fire at the old abandoned Dixie Cup factory at S.24th St and Washington Blvd.
This four-story building stretched approximately 267-feet from end to end, and was last in production 40-years ago. The building was more than 100-years-old, and had an area of 630,000-sq.-ft.
Since there was no heat or electricity in the building at the time of the fire,Wilson Borough Fire Chief Joe Sipel has ruled this fire as suspicious, The fire was situated on the fourth-floor, running about two thirds of the building on the roof line. Due to the size and characteristics of the fire building with its unknown potential, the blaze quickly escalated to a third-alarm.
Fortunately, crews were able to get the main body of fire under control in about 30 minutes, but hot spots plagued firefighters for several hours. Approximately some 12 departments responded to the scene, and there were no reported injuries.
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