800 Avondale Road, Nether Providence Township. Dispatched as “working mechanical room fire.” Firefighters discovered a trash compactor on fire next to the mechanical room. The blaze was quickly extinguished, primarily with tank water,* although supply lines were laid and hose connected to the building’s fire department connection.† Additional units came from the Garden City and South Media fire departments.

Swarthmore firefighters were called to the site of a gas leak in Nether Providence Township on June 22. A contractor had struck a six-inch gas line while drilling for electric utilities installation. Gas was exiting the pipe under 20 lbs. of pressure – sufficient to blow dirt and other debris from the hole six feet into the air.