Bryn Mawr, Gladwyne Firefighters Respond to Historic Villanova Mansion Blaze

When fire tore through the mansion named Bloomfield on South Ithan Avenue in Radnor on Wednesday, it not only repeated history, but also destroyed it.

The fire companies operating on the scene were came from Radnor, Bryn Mawr, Gladwyne, Ardmore, Penn Wynne, King Of Prussia, Manoa and Newtown Square.

6ABC quoted Bryn Mawr fire chief Dan Kincade on the fire: "It had a slate roof. Trying to get through the roof to get to the fire, the fire underneath was really heavily and it's just hard to put out a fire that contained with that much heat."

Bloomfield is named on Radnor Township's Historic Asset Inventory.

Read full coverage of the fire on Radnor Patch.