3 alarm commercial fire

Colwyn Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. 3/8/2016 at about 23:00 hours The Delaware County 911 center received calls for a fire at an unknown business at 522 Ellis ave. The caller reported hearing explosions and now sees a lot of smoke. Crews arrived to find a large auto repair facility in a 2 story 200’ x 150’ building. The building had dozens of cars, trailers, and other items stored around the building. Upon arrival they had fire in several cars around the building and heavy smoke showing from the building in the rear. The crews began forcing entry, knocking down the exterior fire and opening the roof. Initial water supply issues and an early collapse of part of the roof allowed the fire to gain headway in the building. A defensive attack was initiated Companies used 6 elevated master streams and several hand lines to control the fire. On a side note the Colwyn Fire company was out of service for this fire due to legal issues. Darby Borough a mutual aid company had command.

[@tommyd1542]

Congrats on an awesome video to who ever shot the footage. A great job by every member of each department involved in extinguishing this huge blaze.

[@fwesnosk]

Thanks

[@QJONEZOFFICIAL]

awesome footage

[@keithmcfaul9204]

Great video. I know it's been three years since this fire. What were the legal issues at that time and what became the outcome of them?

[@legrandyaka2013]

great vidéo