WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP FIRE

Fire crews respond to basement fire in Whitpain Monday night

The fire was extinguished within 20 minutes.

Photo by James Short.

The fire was extinguished within 20 minutes.

  • Public Safety

Multiple fire departments were able to work together to extinguish a basement fire in Whitpain Township quickly Monday night.

A call came in for a house fire at 8:38 p.m. at 1203 Hunter Drive, near Parkwood Road, according to Montgomery County emergency radio dispatch.

By 9 p.m., the fire was reported extinguished and under control, but a heavy smoke condition remained in the home. 

    By James Short   

All parties were safely evacuated from the home. 

Jefferson Fire Co., Centre Square Fire Co., Norriton Fire Co., Upper Gwynedd Fire Department, North Penn Vol. Fire Co., Wissahickon Fire Co., Second Alarmer's Association & Rescue Squad of Montgomery County, and fire marshals from Good Will Fire Co. and Jefferson Fire Co. No. 1 are all at the scene.


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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at tony@northpennnow.com. Tony graduated from Kutztown University and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. He was born and raised in and around Lansdale and attended North Penn High School. Lansdale born. St. Patrick's Day, 1980.

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