PHOTOS: Fire heavily damaged a single family home early Sunday morning on Chapman Avenue in Doylestown Borough.
At 5:07 a.m., Central Bucks Regional Police reported a working fire and called for emergency response.
Doylestown No. 1 Battalion Chief Lori Westover arrived on scene to find a two-story, single family home on fire with fire venting from the roof. Chief 19 Mike Wood arrived and established Doylestown Command.
Engine 19 Capt. Nick Tartaglia arrived on scene and pulled a handline to the second floor for fire attack. Tower 79 Lt. Adam Bielemeier performed a search of the house, which was negative, and vented the structure.
Due to fire conditions, crews evacuated from the structure and Doylestown Tower 79's master stream was used to “surround and drown” the fire.
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PHOTO: Crews from Berks County responded to a fire at a barn early Sunday morning.
According to the Earl Township Volunteer Fire Co., the fire was reported around 1:42 a.m. in the 200 block of Sunset Hill Road.
Firefighters arrived to find the barn totally engulfed and worked until around 6 a.m. to bring it under control.
According to Earl Township Fire Chief William Campfield, many goats inside the barn were rescued, but a number of them did not make it out alive. Equipment, such as tractors and mowers, was also destroyed in the fire, Campfield said.
Several other departments were called in to supply water to the barn as it is located in a very rural area, according to Campfield.
No residents or firefighters were injured, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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