Crime & Safety
Building Fire Reported Near York Road In Hatboro: Authorities
Two agencies said the fire is on East Montgomery Avenue. Residents reported the fire was near the Crooked Eye Brewery.
Updated: 3:40 p.m. Wednesday
HATBORO, PA —A building fire has been reported on East Montgomery Avenue Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
Horsham ChATs issued a notice that there is a working building fire on East Montgomery Avenue between York Road and North Penn St in Hatboro.
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Expect delays and road closures in the area for the next few hours, Horsham Community Police Services said on its Facebook page.
Residents reported on The Real Voices of Hatboro Facebook page that the fire was behind the Crooked Eye Brewery.
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"Dear Crooked Eye Nation, Thank you all for your care and concern," the brewery posted on Facebook. "We are ok and will be open tonight. The fire was on the property next to us. We are thankful that everyone was ok. See ya tonight friends."
Emergency Alerts of Southeastern Pennsylvania posted a fire dispatch that it was a second-alarm working multi-structural building fire that had been upgraded from a brush fire to a vehicle fire to a building fire.
Emergency alerts said Engine 95, Squad 95, Ladder 95, and Bucks County Rescue 90 were on the scene.
The Enterprise Fire Company of Hatboro had posted Tuesday night that the borough's fire danger was at a "high" level and that the borough was under a red flag warning due to the Canadian wildfires and poor air quality.
The fire company was asking residents to use caution with any materials that can cause a fire (ie smoking, fire pits etc.).
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