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February 17, 2012

Pa. smokehouse fire 'best-smelling in long time'

Associated Press

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Firefighters in one western Pennsylvania city have managed to save 200 pounds of Polish sausage from what they're calling the best-smelling fire they've doused in years.

The New Castle News reports firefighters responded about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday when a 20-by-20-foot smokehouse caught fire in the yard of Cash Koszela, a retired meat cutter who's been smoking his own sausage for about 30 years.

Firefighters say some grease from the meat caught fire when the smokehouse got too hot — about 300 degrees.

Koszela says it will cost about $3,000 to replace the smokehouse, which is actually a tin-lined, walk-in cooler fed by smoke piped in from a fire pit.

Assistant fire chief David Joseph says, "This is definitely the best-smelling fire we've seen in a long time."

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