Firefighter Tim Iman of the Butler City Fire Department helps to put out a fire that badly damaged a West Penn Power Company bucket truck about 6:45 a.m. Monday in the parking lot of the former Kervin Subaru dealership on New Castle Road near the state police barracks. The driver was able to get out and he was not injured.

BUTLER TWP — A West Penn Power Company bucket truck was badly damaged Monday morning when it caught fire in Butler Township. No one was injured.

The driver was traveling up the New Castle Road hill about 6:45 a.m. when he reported experiencing engine trouble in the 2019 Ford truck, Butler Township police said.

He noticed the fire and pulled into the parking lot of the former Kervin Subaru dealership on New Castle Road near the state police barracks and grabbed a fire extinguisher.

Trooper Josh Sheppeck and Cpl. Jacob Jesse were on their way to work and saw the fire. They each grabbed their own extinguishers.The three extinguishers were unable to put out the fire.“We kept it down a bit,” Jesse said, “but we couldn't get to where the fire was.”The fire was coming from the engine compartment.“We tamped it down as long as we could until we ran out of juice and fire extinguishers, then it was up to these guys,” Sheppeck said, pointing to Butler firefighters and Butler Township volunteer firefighters who responded.Crews were able to knock out the fire in several minutes. The truck is considered totaled, officials said. A cause was not immediately known.

A West Penn Power Company bucket truck was badly damaged about 6:45 a.m. Monday when it caught fire in Butler Township. The driver was able to get out of the truck in the parking lot of the former Kervin Subaru dealership on New Castle Road near the state police barracks. He was not injured, but the truck was considered a total loss, authorities said.