HATFIELD TOWNSHIP FIRE

Fire crews on scene of electrical fire that ignited tree in Hatfield

The incident occurred off Cowpath Road Wednesday afternoon.

By James Short

Multimedia Editor

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

By Tony Di Domizio

Managing Editor

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

The incident occurred off Cowpath Road Wednesday afternoon.

Fire crews from Hatfield Vol. Fire Co., Fairmount Fire Co. of Lansdale and Colmar Vol. Fire Co. are on scene of an electrical fire involving wires that have ignited a large tree on Roosevelt Boulevard off Cowpath Road in Hatfield Township Wednesday afternoon.

The trunk and top of the tree are on fire, per reports from the scene.

The fire was reported at 1:28 p.m.

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James Short

James “Jimmy James” Short is a talented, self-taught photographer with over a decade of experience in photography and videography. A North Penn High School graduate, Jimmy has worked as a freelancer for various local and regional media outlets before joining North Penn Now and Wissahickon Now.

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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 [email protected]. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, under the tutelage of Dr. Matthew Nesvisky and Dr. Heather Thomas, and 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 was born and raised in and around the Borough, including Little Italy, and attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.