Family Homeless After Bristol Twp. Fire

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, PA — A family in Bristol Township has been left homeless after a house fire early Thursday.

Firefighters were called at 12:35 a.m. to the 20 block of Aster Lane in Bristol. There, a woman had been awakened by smoke alarms and was able to wake her husband and seven children and evacuate the home, said Fire Marshal Kevin Dippolito.

Dippolito said the house was heavily damaged in the blaze and left uninhabitable. He said he determined the fire started in the area of the family's dryer. No one was injured in the fire, he said.

The home was insured and the American Red Cross is providing temporary housing and necessities for the family, according to the fire marshal, who credited working smoke alarms for helping the family escape unharmed.

Companies responding to the fire included Levittown Fire Co. #2, Edgely Fire Co., Fairless Hills Fire Department, Falls Township Fire Company, Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad and Bristol Township Police.