| Box 2111
At 2039 hours, the Union Fire Company No. 1 and the Quarryville Fire Company (Station 5-7) were alerted for a Building Fire in the area of Calvary Road and Roneys Corner Road in Lower Oxford Township. Numerous calls to 911 reported a mushroom house on fire.
Deputy 21 arrived to find heavy smoke showing from a 300'x60' mushroom house. He requested the "Working Fire Dispatch", corrected the address to the 300 block of Calvary Road and established the "Calvary Road Command."
Engine 21-1 arrived and utilized the driveway to the west of the scene. The crew stretched one 1.75" handline to the interior and began attacking the fire.
Ladder 21 arrived and backed into the driveway on the east side. The crew went to the interior and began hooking the ceilings to expose all of the fire. The driver set up the aerial to the roof in case there was a need to access the roof.
Engine 21-2 backed into the driveway to the rear of Engine 21-1 for a possible reverse lay of 5" to the street. The crew checked threw ground ladders and check for extension.
Within minutes of arrival, the fire had been knocked down and the incident was placed under control. Neither Tanker was utilized.
The Chester County Fire Marshals Office investigated the fire and determined it to be accidental.
The final units cleared the scene at 2137 hours.
Engine 12-1 (West Grove) and Engine 27-5 (Cochranville) handled the fill-in assignment at the "21 House." |
