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Local Fire Companies Assist at Raging Uwchlan House Fire
Members of East Whiteland and Malvern fire companies helped extinguish an early morning blaze Thursday.
Local fire crews were dispatched to an early morning residential fire in Uwchlan Township that destroyed a house.
Soon after the first alert came in at 5:32 a.m., police confirmed a house on the 600 block of Brecknock Drive was fully engulfed. The Lionville Fire Chief put out a call for additional resources, according to East Whiteland Fire Co.:
This re-alerted the above companies, and added an ambulance from East Whiteland, a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) from St. 53 (West Chester FD -Fame), and Ladder 4 (Malvern) as an additional RIT.
While firefighters made an aggressive interior fire attack, due to the rapid spread and extent of the fire, command ordered exterior operations at 06:01 (6 a.m.) as to not unnecessarily endanger firefighter lives. Shortly thereafter the fire was placed under control with all hands working.
Check the East Whiteland Fire Co. website for more photos and information.
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