| While returning from a small electrical fire on Valley Stream Parkway, Chester County Fire Board contacted Chief 5(Brown), advised of him of a reported building fire at the William Henry Apartments.
Chief 5, Eng053 with Batt 5 (Nowaczyk) and Eng052 immediately responded to the complex. Upon Chief 5's arrival, he encountered a haze throughout the complex, upon pulling up to the fire building, he had heavy fire from the third floor with the beginings of self roof ventilation. Chief 5 immediately asked for the working fire dispatch and quickly followed by striking the second alarm. Interior crews made it to the third floor to make an initial attack in the original fire apartment, when Chief 5 observed the roof collasping on itself, and ordered the initial crews out of the building. An aggressive exterior attack and a re-organized interior attack on the east end of the fire building prevented further spread from the original section of the building. After many hours of exhaustive work by all companies on the scene the fire was placed under control at 2310 hours with all hands working. A lot of the companies began to clear the scene approximately at 0115 hours with the final Station 5 unit clearing at 0246 hours.
The Fire Chief and all of Station 5 members would like to thank the mutual aid companies for their help. |
