LANSDALE BOROUGH FIRE

Shed roof ignites after tree severs power lines in Friday evening rainstorm

Emergency personnel were on scene for about 30 minutes.

Photo by James Short.

Emergency personnel were on scene for about 30 minutes.

  • Public Safety

A wild rainstorm Friday evening brought a tree limb crashing onto and severing power lines, which then ignited a shed roof in a residential Lansdale neighborhood near the border with Towamencin Township Friday evening. 

The incident occurred at 1056 Delaware Ave. shortly before 5:30 p.m. 

Lansdale Electric responded to the scene. 

    By James Short   

Assisting at the scene were Lansdale Fairmount Fire Co., Worcester Vol. Fire Co., and Towamencin Vol. Fire Co. 

The scene was clear by 6:30 p.m. 

There were no injuries.


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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at tony@northpennnow.com. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, with a degree in English/Professional Writing and Electronic Media. He went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.



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