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The Doylestown Fire Company
was dispatched on the afternoon of April 15th, 2007
for a wires call on Hamilton and State Streets in
Doylestown Borough. Initial reports were of smoke
and fire coming from a manhole on the sidewalk.
Chief 19 arrived on scene and confirmed a smoke
condition in the area and upgraded the call to bring
in additional apparatus. First arriving crews went
to work checking surrounding buildings for fire
extension and CO levels from the underground fire. A
portion of State street was evacuated due to the
rising CO levels found in some of the buildings in
the immediate area. Peco was also on scene and
secured the electricity for the area allowing the
fire company to extinguish the fire. The company was
on scene for two hours, although power in the area
was out into the following morning while Peco made
repairs. Photos by Larry Browne
Crews from
Doylestown look on as Peco sizes up the scene
Matt Grogan
puts out the fire with a dry chemical extinguisher
Chris Morris
re-adjusts the smoke ejector fan to pull the smoke
out of the manhole
The crew
from Peco inspect their underground equipment
Battalion
Chief Paul Kreuter handled the Operations Sector.
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