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Royersford Fire Department
Police & Fire
Several Displaced By Fire In Royersford (
Photos
)
Authorities responded to the scene of a house fire in Royersford on Wednesday evening, March 20, according to borough officials. Royersford Fire Department said they were called to the 200 block of 2nd Avenue just before 6 p.m. Photos from the scene showed multiple rowhomes engulfed in flames. ibid UPT Fire & Emergency Services ibid UPT Fire & Emergency Services The Red Cross set up a warming and cell phone charging station to assist the displaced residents, authorities said. Those affected have been given temporary housing, according to Mayor Alex Metricart…
Obituaries
Suburban Philly Firefighter, Paramedic Dies Of
Covid-
19 Complications
A suburban Philadelphia firefighter and paramedic died Monday of COVID-19 complications. The Royersford Fire Department announced the sudden death of Michael Lessar in a Facebook post Tuesday morning. Our thoughts are with the Lessar family as we remember the contributions and service dedicated to the Spring-Ford community and our country. Posted by Royersford Fire Department on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 Lessar joined the department in 2018, after previously working for the Reading Fire Department and serving in the United States Army, the post reads. He was remembered as a catalyst …
Police & Fire
Driver Airlifted From Crash Scene On Route 422 In Montgomery County
A driver was airlifted after their car flipped on Route 422 in Montgomery County on Sunday night, authorities said. Rescue crews with the Black Rock Volunteer Fire Company and Collegeville Fire Company were called to Route 422 eastbound at mile marker 185.3 around 10:05 p.m. on a report of a driver trapped in an overturned car blocking both lanes, fire officials said. Additional crews with the Royersford Fire Department were called to the scene to assist with the driver rescue. The driver was airlifted by PENNSTAR to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center with unknown injuries. Route 422 at Rou…
Police & Fire
Collegeville Packing Supply Worker Airlifted After Hand Gets Stuck In Machine
A man was airlifted from a packing supply factory after fire crews freed him when his hand became stuck under a roller in a machine Thursday in Collegeville. Firefighters responded to Packaging Corporation Of America on 5 Iron Bridge Drive in Collegeville around 9:40 a.m., where they remained for nearly two hours freeing the man safely, Perkiomen Fire spokesman Ted Hodgins said. The man was airlifted by Jefferson University Hospitals in unknown condition. The Perkiomen Township Fire Company was assisted by Collegeville Fire Company, Trappe Fire Company No. 1, Skippack Fire C…
News
MontCo Family Matriarch With MS Rescued, Airlifted In Devastating House Fire
Support is surging for a Montgomery County family whose matriarch was airlifted and house destroyed in a devastating weekend fire. More than $49,800 had been raised as of Monday morning for the the Bannerman-Martins on a GoFundMe page following Sunday's blaze. Perkiomen firefighters arrived at the family's two-story home near King Road and Cranberry Boulevard around 2:20 p.m. Tracy was rescued from the second floor of the home and airlifted to Leigh Valley Ceder Crest Hospital. Two other family members, Will and Willie, escaped unharmed, GoFundMe founder Kelly Bot…
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