Emergency responders who gathered to honor a fallen firefighter Saturday were called to duty as they responded to a house fire in Bristol Township.
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As crews were leaving the burial for longtime volunteer firefighter Ed Margavich, 9-1-1 dispatchers alerted them at 3:01 p.m. that a home in the 900 block of Church Street in the township’s Croydon section was on fire.
“We were there in less than a minute,” said Croydon Fire Company Chief Tom Tryon, adding that his crews were backing their trucks into the State Road station when the call came in.
When they arrived, firefighters found flames rising up the back of the home.
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A LevittownNow.com photographer noticed smoke rising over Croydon as crews responded to the burning home.
Crews from Bucks County were joined by mutual aid from Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties, as well as New Jersey.
Tryon said firefighters extinguished the blaze, and the home sustained moderate damage.
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No residents or firefighters were injured, but a neighbor tripped on a hose line and was taken to a local hospital for treatment, according to the chief.
Bristol Township Fire Marshal Kevin Dippolito determined the fire was accidental and originated on the back porch.
Dippolito noted the quick response from the numerous fire companies in the area for the funeral.
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The Croydon Fire Company was assisted by the Levittown No. 2 and Newportville fire companies.
In addition to Bucks County crews, the Beverly City Fire Department and Mitchell Fire Company from New Jersey, the Upper Gwynedd Township Fire Department and Centre Square Fire Company from Montgomery County, the Paoli Fire Company from Chester County, and the Yeadon Fire Company in Delaware County were among the trucks in the area that responded. Dippolito and Tryon noted there may have been additional companies on the scene.
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