A large barn fireplace introduced firefighters from throughout Bucks County and New Jersey to Solebury on Sunday afternoon, closing a number of main roads for hours and leaving companies in a close-by Peddler’s Village with out water on a busy fall day.
The reported four-alarm blaze within the 6200 block of Greenhill Highway was the second that stored firefighters within the New Hope-Solebury space busy Sunday.
The barn fireplace was reported round 1:30 p.m. ensuing within the closing of Greenhill Highway between Route 263 (Higher York Highway) and Mechanicsville Highway, Solebury Township police posted on their Crimewatch page. The street had been reopened round 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
Higher York Highway was additionally closed between Avenue and Aquetong roads, and Avenue Highway was closed between York Highway and Higher York Highway.
An evacuation order was issued round 2:15 p.m. however it’s unknown what required evacuation.
This information group was not instantly profitable in reaching Halfway Volunteer Hearth Division Chief Tom Benscoter for remark Sunday night.
On its Fb web page, Peddler’s Village reported a fire-related water scarcity that led to the closure of all eating places within the close by procuring vacation spot in Lahaska. The remainder of the village retailers stay open Sunday.
“Our ideas are with these affected by the fireplace,” the Peddler’s Village put up mentioned. Peddler’s Village was an enormous draw this weekend with the seasonable fall climate and a few eating places had been on an estimated two-hour wait to seat patrons at instances on Saturday.
On Sunday morning members of the New Hope Eagle Volunteer Hearth Co. had been conducting a coaching train once they had been dispatched to a brush fireplace alongside the New Hope-Ivyland Railroad tracks close to Reeder Highway, in response to the division’s Fb web page. That fireside was additionally introduced beneath management inside a couple of hours.
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Reporter Jo Ciavaglia might be reached at jciavaglia@gannett.com
This text initially appeared on Bucks County Courier Occasions: Peddler’s Village restaurants closed due to 4-alarm barn fire
