At 1044 Hrs 71 Crews along with Tower and Squad 65 Pennsburg and Engine 38East Greenville were dispatched on the first alarm assignment for a building fire on Wellington Way in Upper Hanover Township. Within minutes Squirt 71 took to the street with the Battalion and a crew of six. Deputy 71 H. Gillmer arrived on scene confirming an active fire in the walls between the bathroom and kitchen area. Crews quickly opened up the walls in the bathroom kitchen and up stairs bathroom to check for extension. Lucky for all a pipe in the walls had sprung a leak assisting in suppressing the fire before it had gotten out of control. The cause of the fire is under investigation from The Township Fire Marshall. Crews cleared the scene in about an hour and a half.
