GARRETT, Pa. \u2013 Frustrated by complications that arose during a June 4 firefight in the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel, the Somerset County commissioners are sending a formal request to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission asking for an after-action review of the emergency response to the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are lucky we are not burying firefighters,\u201d Commissioner Irv Kimmel Jr. said.<\/p>\n
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