Firefighters from two Center Township stations responded to a fire in a Dumpster in the parking lot of Beaver Valley Mall Thursday afternoon near a new, three-parcel strip mall along Brodhead Road.

CENTER TWP. – Firefighters from two Center Township stations responded to a fire in a Dumpster in the parking lot of Beaver Valley Mall Thursday afternoon near a new, three-parcel strip mall along Brodhead Road.

Fire Chief Bill Brucker said the cause of the fire, discovered around 1 p.m., is unknown, but under investigation.

The fire was quickly extinguished by Stations 36 and 37 and there were no injuries. Brighton Township’s fire department provided a tanker to assist.

A witness reported that an employee of the new Mattress Warehouse, one of the strip mall’s new occupants, initially attempted to put the fire out with an extinguisher.