Liberty Hose Co. No. 2 - Incident Detail #1252

Company-22 was dispatched to a report of a porch on fire at 413 Spring Street in Wiconisco Township. The Company responded with a crew of four on Engine-22 and one on Tanker-22. The engine arrived at side-A to find Engine-23 at side-A/D with a crew of two. Fire on the front porch of a Cape Cod style house was knocked down by Wiconisco PD using a dry chem extinguisher. Tanker-22 staged at the Post Office. MICU 6-5 with firefighter Matt Shultz was also on the scene. There was no response from other companies. The fire origin was due to spontaneous combustion of rags used in wood finishing that were left on the front porch sealed in a plastic bag. The house was vented and checked for extensions.