NEWS & EVENTS


Early morning fire causes $1.25 million damage in Strafford.

At 9:25 am on Saturday, January 30, 2010 the Paoli Fire and Radnor Fire Companies were called to assist the Berwyn Fire Company at The Strafford Station Apartments, 419 Strafford Ave. Initial calls to the Chester County 9-1-1 center reported a large amount of smoke and flames emanating from the building; these reports were almost simultaneously confirmed by police units arriving on the scene. A “working fire dispatch” and second alarm was quickly transmitted, summoning units from Malvern, Newtown Square, East Whiteland, Bryn Mawr, and Gladwyn Fire Companies, along with EMS responses from Lafayette and Narberth Ambulance squads. A third alarm was later struck for manpower.

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