HORSHAM CHIMNEY FIRE

Bucks, Montgomery fire crews respond to Horsham chimney fire Monday night

The call was reported shortly after 7 p.m.

Managing Editor

Monday, September 23, 2024

Montgomery and Bucks county fire crews responded Monday night to a chimney fire in Horsham Township that temporarily shut the roads down around Rutledge Avenue in all directions.

According to Montgomery County emergency radio traffic, a fire was reported in a chimney of a home on the 900 block of Rutledge Avenue at 7:20 p.m., and homeowners were advised to evacuate.

By James Short

Warminter Fire Co., Horsham Fire Co., Wissahickon Fire Co., and Fort Washington Fire Co. responded to the scene, along with Horsham and Wissahickon fire police units.

Firefighters could be seen on the roof of the home during their investigation, per reports from the scene. At one point, fire crews pulled back flashing and soffit from the top of the chimney, exposing burning embers and smoke from inside the chimney area of the home, according to reports.

There were no reported 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 [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.