01/31/2025 10:06:42 AMBC3’s smoky burn building gets a breatherStructure used to train tristate firefighters to save lives, property closed during repairs(Butler, PA) A three-story Butler County Community College burn building used to train tristate firefighters to save lives and property is undergoing a $76,000 project to replace about 1,150 interior haydite blocks degraded by temperatures ranging from 300 to 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit.In this image taken from video, firefighters training in the Butler County Fire School are shown entering the Public Safety Training Center burn building on Butler County Community College’s main campus in Butler Township on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. The three-story building used to train tristate firefighters to save lives and property is undergoing a $76,000 project to replace about 1,150 interior haydite blocks degraded by temperatures ranging from 300 to 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit.FacilitiesOperationsThis is a photograph of firefighters entering a burn building.