Fire in Bridgeport
As we were driving home from the Farewell luncheon for Msgr Conway we saw some black smoke in the distance. I thought the fire was in King of Prussia. It turns out the fire was in Bridgeport. Right on the Schuykill River.
Isnt that a bit ironic that your business burns and you are just a few feet away from a river. I could not get a good view from the river side so I am not sure if they had a fireboat out there or not. I drove around a bit trying to get a good vantage point, but with all the trees, I could not really find a spot.
Here is a shot from my car as I drove by on 23, but they had closed the road and I had to turn back towards KOP. http://twitpic.com/24gouz
My first stop was in the neighborhood in upper Bridgeport. The area that is high in relation to the rest of Bridgeport which is at a lower elevation.
My second stop was on the bridge over the Schuykill on 202. I could not really see that fire, just the smoke and the water canons on top of the ladders. Parking is tough to find in Bridgeport…!
You know the bridge they named Bridgeport after...
This is the bridge where I was in the previous shot…
I jumped back in my car and drive over the other bridge into Norristown. I went to the top of the Septa parking garage. I still could not see much as you can tell from the pic.
I did get to see Herbie! When did you volunteer for the fire company! hehe! I thought that was cool.
When I got close to the fire they already had it pretty much under control. Even the news channels were there already. I saw a few people interview folks.
Carlos
