nbspEarly this morning nbspthe police were notified of a fire alarm at 32 S. Wycombe Ave. Before fire department was dispatched it was quickly upgraded to a working fire.nbspspan stylecolor rgb51 51 51 font-family lucida grande tahoma verdana arial sans-serif font-size 13px line-height 18pxCompanies 19 amp 24 arrived simultaneously both laying in and stretching line to the third floor. While waiting for water crews from 19 24 and 16 rapidly searched all adjacent apartments and then proceeded into the apartment that was well involved and began to extinguish the fire. A second alarm was then struck bringing in other surrounding fire companies. While putting a knock on the fire members of 19 amp 24 searched located and pulled a victim out of the apartment and had handed her off to medical personnel. While truck crews on the roof were vertically ventilating they notified interior crews of heavy fire in the cockloft in which interior crews began to battle double framed walls and double framed ceilings trying to locate the fire. Eventually a crew from Engine 19 and Engine 24 were able to access the cockloft with a 2 inch handline and put a knock on the fire. Unfortunatly the women was pronounced dead on arrival. On behalf of the Lansdowne Fire Company we would like to sincerely wish our condolences to family and friends of the deceased.spanpp
