| Around 17:20, Engine 26-1 and Rescue 26 were dispatched on the second alarm assignment in Lititz Boro for an apartment building. Engine 26-1 reported to manpower staging and Rescue 26 was assigned RIT. Crews remained on location for just over an hour before being released.
At 20:45, Engine 26-1 and Truck 26 were dispatched to a chimney fire in Penn Township. Engine 26-1 stretched a 300' line while the crew from Truck 26 took ladders and lighting down a 200' limited access driveway. Crews found an active chimney fire with visible fire around the eaves of the chimney. The assignment was upgraded bringing Engine 23-1, 28-1, Rescue 26, Truck 23, and Tanker 26, 28. Engine 26-1 removed debris from the fireplace, checked for extension inside the house and removed furniture from the rooms immediately adjacent to the chimney. Truck 26's crew went to the roof and dropped chimney bags to extinguish the active fire in the stove pipe. Crews opened the eaves to discover the chimney was a newer construction chimney with 2x4's, OSB sheeting, stone veneer, and a metal chimney liner. The top of the chimney was removed in order to gain access to the fire. The fire was quickly extinguish after access was gained to the void space around the chimney. Crews remained on location for just over two hours before clearing.
Special thanks to Engine 27-1 for standing by in our station during the incident. |
