Fire Destroys Three Buildings at Flight 93 Memorial
Published at | Updated at
Credit: Dennis Macdonald/Getty Images(STONYCREEK TOWNSHIP, Pa.) — A fire at the National Park Service Headquarters of the Flight 93 National Memorial destroyed three administrative buildings.
At about 3:10 p.m. Friday, a fire was reported in the headquarters complex, which is about two to three miles from the actual memorial, dedicated to those on a hijacked plane during the September 11th attacks who fought back against the hijackers and crashed the plane in a field.
Some memorabilia in the offices were saved. “Fortunately,” Mike Litterst, Public Affairs Specialist for the National Park Service said, “only 10 percent of the Flight 93 National Memorial collection was kept on-site in this building, and many of those objects are stored in fireproof safes.” Litterst also noted that no one was injured in the fire.
The memorial is expected to be open to visitors on Saturday.
Follow @ABCNewsRadio
Copyright 2014 ABC News Radio