Family Whose Home Was Damaged In Blaze Pens Letter Thanking Crews

BERWYN, PA – You may recall the sad news of a Tredyffrin Township home sustaining tens of thousands of dollars in damage after a fire on July 4 – of all days – this summer.

Now, that family who saw their home incur serious damage is thanking those who leaped into action to save the home.

The Berwyn Fire Company, one of the responding fire crews to the July 4 fire on the 600 block of Bair Road in Berwyn, shared a letter sent to them by the Perry family.

"As we end a busy month of community outreach and handling fire/EMScalls, we want to share a letter we received from a family who experienced a house fire this past summer on Bair Rd. in Tredyffrin Township," the fire company said on Facebook. "This positive outcome is what we strive for every time we get called to help someone."

Below is the letter penned by the family:

October 27, 2017

Dear Fire Chief Eamon Brazunas,

Our Perry Family thinks about the Berwyn Firefighters daily. You, Paoli, Radnor, and Valley Forge Firefighters were/are an amazing group of men and women and so we thank you all very much.

As you all know on July 4, 2017 we had a house fire started by a tree going down between our home and a neighbors which we believed was an electrical fire under a desk in our ‘plaid room' where we kept our computers, copies, and files. Between 6 fire trucks and 45-50 firefighters, the fire was contained to 1 home and we are most thankful to those men and women who gave up an afternoon on July 4th to saving our home before going to picnics and to the fireworks. We look forward to having our 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms restored by January and our living room, dining room and kitchen livable once again.

It’s taken us months to thank you, however, we want to thank you for your prompt response, your firefighters skills and for a caring attitude of saving so many of our memories and possessions. You are the GREATEST!

Enclosed is a token of our appreciation and gratitude for helping the Perry family on a busy 4th of July 2017.

The Perry Family – Lloyd, Lee, Doug, Blair, and Kent

Back in July, fire officials said the home incurred about $78,000 in damage from the fire.

The blaze broke out at about 2:42 p.m.

When crews from Berwyn, Radnor, Paoli, and Valley Forge fire companies arrived, they found fire showing in the second floor of the home and police confirmed all residents safely left the home, the fire company said.

While firefighters contained the blaze by about 3:10 p.m., they had to cut into the home's walls and ceilings to ensure no lingering flames were in the home, the fire company said.

No one was injured in the fire.

A tree hit electrical wires in the neighborhood, causing a power outage before the fire, according to the fire company.

The Chester Fire County Fire Marshal's Office investigated the fire and determined it was accidental and electrical in nature.

Pictured above is the Perry family home on July 4 when it was damaged in a fire

Image via Berwyn Fire Company