A major fire destroyed a home in Yeadon, Delaware County overnight, sending a firefighter to the hospital and forcing two families from their homes.
The building, located on the 700 block of West Cobbs Creek Parkway, consisted of two houses that share a wall and a chimney. The fire started in one half of the building and firefighters had to smash all the windows to help extinguish the fire.
Crews arrived at the home just after midnight Monday and spent the morning extinguishing the flames. Yeadon Assistant Fire Chief Lyle Kunkle said between 60 and 70 firefighters were needed to extinguish the blaze.
One firefighter was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Fortunately, no one was in the side of the house that caught fire, but there was a family in the other half of the building at the time.
That family is being assisted by the Red Cross.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
