None Hurt In 'Serious' Bryn Mawr House Fire Thanks To Smoke Detectors, Officials Say

BRYN MAWR, PA — Fire officials credit smoke detectors after no one was hurt in what was described as a "serious" house fire in Bryn Mawr Thursday.

Crews were first called to a home at Old Gulph Road and Criag Lane at about 3:11 p.m., according to information from the Montgomery County Emergency Operations Center.

Lower Merion Fire Department Chief James McCoy told Patch the fire started in a first-floor bedroom of the home.

A family was in the home at the time, and McCoy said they were able to safely get out of the home after being alerted by smoke detectors.

Firefighters contained the fire to the home's first floor, but the rest of the home sustained heavy smoke damage, McCoy said.

Officials are investigating the fire's cause.