Police responded to a single-family residence in the 1100 block of South Chester Road in Westtown Township for an alarm activation that was upgraded to a working house fire on Wednesday, March 16, at 6:53 a.m., according to a press release from the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department.
Officers arrived on location to find the front half of the two-story home fully involved in fire, and police confirmed that the homeowner had evacuated without injury, the release said, adding that the immediate presence and teamwork of the responding fire departments resulted in a portion of the residence being spared from fire damage.
Fire companies from Chester and Delaware counties responded, including Goshen Fire Company, West Chester Fire Department, Paoli Fire Company, Malvern Fire Company, Medic 91, Concordville Fire Company, Newtown Square Fire Company, Lima Fire Company and Rocky Run Fire Company, the release said.
An investigation by the Chester County Fire Marshal’s Unit, Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal, and the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department was conducted, and the fire was ruled accidental and the cause was electrical. The fire originated in the front attic section of the residence above an in-home office.
Police said the homeowner was asleep in the residence and awoke to activation of smoke, fire, and burglar alarms. The homeowner walked through the residence, smelled smoke, and evacuated. Police said the incident underscores the importance of having working alarms.
The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department notified the local schools and PennDOT that road closures would be in place during the fire investigation. Traffic in the area was impacted until noon when the fire crews cleared the scene, police said.
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