House Fire in Cochranville

Box 2700

At 0813 hours, the first alarm House Fire assignment for the 200 block of Cochran Street in the Cochranville section of West Fallowfield Township was alerted. Units from Cochranille (27), Atglen (26), Parkesburg (28), West Grove (22), Christiana (52), Christiana EMS (5-2), and Oxford (21) were due for a reported fire in the kitchen.

Ladder 21 (Meadowcroft) marked enroute with a crew of five (5) within a minute of the dispatch and was advised that the West Fallowfield Township Police Department was on location reporting a working chimney fire with extension into the house.

Engine 27-2 arrived and confirmed the working fire. The crew stretched a handline through the front door and began fire suppression efforts. Engine 27-5 supplied Engine 27-2.

Ladder 21 arrived and backed into the scene off of Route 10. The Truck was backed into the front yard to avoid overhead wires. The crew threw multiple ground ladders to all floors on all sides of the house while the Truck chauffeur flew the aerial ladder to the roof.

Additional arriving units staged along Cochran Street and sent their respective crews into the scene.

The fire was placed under control at 0843 hours.

Chief 27 (Lapp) held the "Cochran Street Command."

The 21 units were clear of the incident at 0931 hours.