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Red Cross Helps Family Displaced After Overnight Electrical Fire

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Tom Sofield

The American Red Cross Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter is assisting a family displaced after an electrical fire.

file photo Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
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Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

The Red Cross is assisting residents of a mobile home on Lawson Drive in the Morrisville section of Falls Township after an overnight fire.

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Fire Marshal Rich Dippolito told LevittownNow.com a minor electrical fire was caused by heat tape, which is electric-heated padding that surrounds water pipes, malfunctioned. The fire damage was relatively minor but power to the mobile home was turned off until PECO could come check everything out, he said.

The Red Cross also assisted this week with opening a shelter in nearby Tullytown for those impacted by storm-related blackouts.

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.