| Station 66, 34 and Ladder 77 were dispatched for multiple calls of a house fire at 630 Bridge St in the Birchwood section of Perkiomen Township just after 1700 hours on Friday afternoon, June 3rd.
CH 66 arrived to find a carriage type ouse fully engulfed with flames with an explosion and immeditily called for a 2nd alarm. Fire was extending into the B brovo exposure.
E66 & T66 arrived and dropped 900 feet of 5 inch hose while L77 crew arrived to assist with hose lines ,ventilation, and man power.
E73, E52 ,L52, E54, L54, E86 responded to the 2nd to assist man power and help knock down the fire.
L83 (RIT) ,R53 (Cascade) and 41 canteen were also dispatched to assist.
Multiple lines were streched out and use to knock down the fire. It took over an hour to bring the fire under control.
Salvage and overhaul were established right after contitions were under control. Nobody was home at either house at the time of the fire, and neighbors did rescue a dog from the fire.
After 4 hours of being on scene, crews were finally released and avaliable. Montgomery Country Fire Marshals and PSP stayed on scene to investigate the cause.
No injuries were reported due to the fire, but one fire fighter was taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion. Station 324 was on scene with all four EMS units due to the hot humid weather conditions.
Thanks to Robert "Wardie" Ward for the pictures. |
