Crime & Safety
Quick-Moving Fire Destroys Chalfont Home
No one was injured when a fire broke out at a home in Chalfont, but the house was destroyed.
No one was injured but a home was destroyed by a fire in Chalfont on Tuesday.
The fire broke out at 209 Hampshire Dr., Chalfont, around 2 p.m.
Chalfont Fire Department Chief Dennis McGuire said firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and fire coming from the home. Firefighters had the blaze out by about 2:30 p.m., but the fire had moved fast, wreaking widespread damage.
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"It was under control pretty fast, but it was a lot of fire," McGuire told Patch. "Structurally, the house looks ok, but the interior is a loss. It's uninhabitable."
The fire started in the kitchen area of the home, McGuire said. The owner's son was home when the fire started but was able to escape unharmed, the chief said.
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The cause of the fire still is under investigation.
The original call was dispatched at 2:02 p.m. Volunteer firefighters from Doylestown, Chalfont, Warrington Township, and Colmar responded to the scene, McGuire said, as did volunteers and paid staff from Montgomery Township.
While the Chalfont crew was occupied, a Silverdale crew brough a fire truck down to the Chalfont station to cover in case another call came in, the chief said.
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