Firefighters extinguished a fire in the exterior of an apartment building in Middletown Township on Tuesday afternoon.
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Crews were dispatched to the Harper’s Crossing complex off Big Oak Road around 4:30 p.m. after maintenance workers reported smoke coming from a balcony, said Langhorne-Middletown Fire Company Chief Frank Farry.
At the scene, firefighters searched the multi-story building and found the fire was located in exterior columns encased in siding and in the building’s soffit, Farry said.
Firefighters pulled open the siding and soffit to extinguish the blaze.
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“It was stubborn because the crews had to do a lot of overhaul to get to where the fire was,” Farry said.
The bulk of the damage was contained to the building’s exterior, he said.
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No injuries were reported.
The Middletown Township Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire.
In addition to the Langhorne-Middletown Fire Company, the Falls Township Fire Company, Fairless Hills Fire Company, Middletown Township Department of Fire and Emergency Services, Newtown Fire-Rescue, Northampton Fire Department, Penndel Fire Company, William Penn Fire Company, and Yardley-Makefield Fire Company responded. The Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad also was on the scene.
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