Working House Fire - Main Street Townsend
Friday, September 4, 2015
On January 4 at 1:20PM Townsend, Middletown, and Odessa Fire companies were alerted to a residential fire on Main Street in Townsend. First units arriving were Townsend to find heavy smoke coming from the apartment building. Middletown and Odessa arrived to provide mutual aid to Townsend. Tower 27 was put in service to provide ventilation, while other units on scene put several hand lines in service to attack the fire from the ground. Additional companies alerted to the incident were Port Penn, Delaware City, Smyrna, Clayton, Cheswold, Cecilton Md, Hacks Point Md, New Castle County Parametics, Kent County Parametics, several BLS units and DELdot. After a short while the incident was placed under control and all units returned to their respective stations.