Fire At Bristol Apartment Complex Was Arson: Marshal

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP, PA — A fire that destroyed an apartment at a complex in Bristol Township on Monday night was set intentionally, according to the fire marshal.

Firefighters from several companies were dispatched at 10:08 p.m. to a fire alarm at Lavana Falls Apartments, on Marion Avenue. Residents were found leaving the building — Building 700 at the complex — and firefighters found smoke in the hallways.

According to Fire Marshal Kevin Dippolito, the fire was in an apartment in which no one was home. The fire was extinguished, but the apartment was left uninhabitable, Dippolito said.

No one was injured, but about 40 people were temporarily evacuated.

Dippolito said he ruled the fire an arson and that Bristol Township detectives are helping with the investigation.

Fire companies that responded were Edgely, Levittown No. 2, Third District, Newportville and Croydon, as well as the Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad, Bristol Township Police and the fire marshal's office.