Fire Log: Altered Electric Meter Causes House Fire

Springfield Fire Company No. 44 is busy responding to alarms, working fires and motor vehicle accidents. The following is a list of activity for the past week.

SPRINGFIELD FIRE REPORT
Springfield Fire Company No. 44
Compiled by Fire Chief Robert J. Woolson

House Fire—300 block of Wyndmoor Road at about 5:46 p.m. on Nov. 29. Springfield Police and Springfield Fire Company were dispatched to the scene for a reported house fire. Patrolman Michael Kingsbury arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the attic area of the home.

All of the occupants were safely evacuated from the home by officers.

Springfield Fire Company, with the assistance of surrounding fire companies extinguished the blaze. The damage was contained to two rooms on the second floor of the home as well as the attic area.

The Fire Marshal determined the cause of the fire to be electrical in nature, however, PECO reported that there should be no electric or gas service to the home. It had been terminated by PECO some time earlier.

Further investigation showed that the electric meter to the home had been tampered with, allowing electric service back into the home.

The incident is under investigation by Detective Bridget McCarthy, the Springfield Township Fire Marshal's Office and PECO Investigations.

• 11-26 Broomall-Assist Fire Alarm
• 11-26 1100 Blk. Providence Rd.-MVA W/Entrapment
• 11-26 300 Blk. Powell Rd.-House Fire(Working Fire)
• 11-27 I-476-Truck Fire
• 11-28 Baltimore & Church-MVA W/Injuries
• 11-28 300 Blk. Wayne Ave.-Fire Alarm
• 11-28 100 Blk. N. Rolling Rd.-MVA W/Entrapment
• 11-29 300 Blk. Wyndmoor Rd.-House Fire(Working Fire)
• 11-30 Springfield & Shelbourne-Vehicle Fire
• 11-30 400 Blk. Pinecrest Rd.-Carbon Monoxide Detector Activation
• 11-30 Morton-Assist MVA W/Entrapment
• 12-01 300 Blk. Harwicke Rd.-House Fire
• 12-01 300 W. Woodland Ave.-Fire Alarm
• 12-02 Baltimore & Woodland-MVA W/Injuries
• 12-02 700 Blk. Dutton Circle-House Fire
• 12-02 Baltimore & Leamy-MVA W/Injuries