Firefighters faced fire throughout three story home.
Fire fighters attacked the fire from ladders and in the interior.
Heavy fire conditions were present for first-arriving units at this house fire with reported entrapment in West Fallowfield. WGFC responded with an engine, ladder and tanker.
Arriving units were faced with this scene.
At dawn, the firefight continued.
Cochranville crews prepare to advance the first handline at this house fire in W. Fallowfield.
December 6, 2023
The dispatch at 6:21 AM this morning was among the worst first responders hear: house fire, children reported trapped...that was the case when area fire companies were called for a fire in West Fallowfield Township early this morning. A caller reported fire from the front of the residence, with children inside in the rear.
West Grove Fire Company was dispatched, along with units from nine other departments, to assist Cochranville with Ladder 22 for the call on Bailey Crossroads Road. Within minutes, the first arriving Cochranville officer reported heavy fire conditions -- fortunately all subjects had made it out of the house okay. WGFC responded with Ladder 22, Engine 22-2 and soon added Tanker 22 when a tanker task force was requested for rural water supply.
WGFC was part of a large emergency response from nine departments. Units were on the scene for several hours.
For more details on this call, see the Cochranville Fire Company's Facebook page (below).
Units:
Ladder 22, Engine 22-2, Tanker 22
Mutual Aid:
Other departments: Cochranville 27, Union of Oxford 21, Avondale 23, Unionville 36, Keystone Valley of Parkesburg 8, and Lancaster County fire companies 42, 52, 51 and EMS 46, Medic 94, Chester County Fire Marshal
