Firefighters battle a tanker fire at the south junction of Interstates 70 and 79 in South Strabane Township in this photo taken in 1975.

Firefighters find it useless to use water to battle a tanker fire at the south junction of Interstates 70 and 79 in South Strabane Township in this 1975 photo.

Firefighters battle a blaze at Bethel Personal Care Home in Claysville in this March 2011 file photo.

A state trooper stands guard along a country road near Beallsville while officers sweep the hillside in search of Russell Shoats, an escaped convict, in 1977.

Police officers, behind a shield, prepare to enter a home on Bruce Street in the Tylerdale section of Washington in search of a man who fired shots at another man in 2010.

Police officers enter a home on Bruce Street in search of a shooting suspect in this 2010 file photo.

A state trooper, armed with an automatic rifle, takes cover behind a vehicle as officers prepare to enter a Bruce Street home in search of a shooting suspect in 2010.

A homeless man is prepared to be transported to Washington Hospital by the Ambulance and Chair EMS crew after firemen from Washington and Canton Township rescued him from a wooden crate in which he was trapped along Catfish Creek on Factory Way in this March 2011 file photo.

The first group of state police Special Emergency Response Team members arrives May 4, 2004, at the scene to begin a search for Franklin Sebetich, 56, who had fired shots at officers who were pursuing him.