On July 15th, 2009, a large stack of discarded dock piers burnt at the power plant's chipper. Crews were on scene all day, and into the night.

Every fire department in Clarion County had representatives and apparatus there to help fight the large fire, as well as a few departments from Venango and Jefferson Counties.

There were two Fire Fighter casualties of heat exhaustion that were transported to Clarion Hospital, and 2 more that were treated and released.