A working house fire tore through a home in the Hershey Mill Village section of East Goshen Township on Monday, drawing firefighters from multiple departments to a normally quiet stretch of the 1300 block of Troon Lane. Crews reported heavy smoke and active flames and called for a mutual-aid response. Officials have not yet released information on possible injuries or what sparked the blaze, according to the West Chester Borough Fire Department’s Facebook post.
Response and scene
The West Chester Borough Fire Department reported on Facebook that its crews headed in to assist the Goshen Fire Company with a “working house fire” on Troon Lane in Hershey Mill Village. The post featured a scene photo credited to the East Whiteland Professional Firefighters and noted that firefighters from several stations were operating at the house. According to the West Chester Borough Fire Department, those companies joined forces on the ground to knock down the flames and secure the area.
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