Lower Providence Fire Crews Put Out Electrical Fire On PECO Lines

LOWER PROVIDENCE, PA — Fire crews were called to the scene of an electrical fire Wednesday afternoon, and when they arrived they discovered sparking and flaming arched power lines suspended between utility poles along the 2600 block of Audubon Road.

According to a report from the Lower Providence Fire Department, crews were dispatched around 3:45 p.m. to the scene of the reported electrical fire. They discovered some wires arching and on fire and another power line that had fallen to the ground.

Responders with Squad 53 located the fire of multiple electric and communication lines with a brush fire beginning to start below the overhanging wires, according to information from the Lower Providence Fire Department, which was posted to its website online and its Facebook page.

Firefighters ended up securing the area and contacting PECO, whose trucks could be seen on the scene in photos posted by the fire department online.

Meanwhile, fire crews at the same time as that call had to be diverted to another scene, on the 900 block of Madison Avenue in the Park Pointe Business Center, for a report of a gas odor, according to fire officials.

Upon arrival on the second scene, Engine 53 located a malfunctioning generator and fixed the gas leak. Fire crews subsequently contacted PECO and notified the manager of the commercial property, the fire department stated.

Back at the Audubon Road scene, firefighters, with the assistance of PECO representatives, were able to extinguish the electrical line fires after the electric was securely shut off.

Power outages were expected to last a little while in the area while crews worked on repairs.

Fire police personnel with the Norristown Fire Department, Jeffersonville Fire Department and Worcester Volunteer Fire Department assisted with controlling traffic at both scenes.