Fire guts Royersford apartment

A fire heavily damaged a second floor apartment above at 333 Main Street in Royersford this morning.

One of the apartment's two residents, a mother and her adult son, woke to the sight of flames in the dwelling area and awakened the other resident, according to borough fire chief Gary Wezel.

Wezel said a preliminary investigation determined that the fire was accidental in nature and had started in the living room, which was located at the front of the apartment. According to Wezel, the first floor, where the business is located, was relatively untouched by the fire and only suffered some water damage from the firefighting effort.

The two neighboring buildings were essentially undamaged by the fire. A gutter area on the porch awning of 335 Main St. was superficially scorched by flames. Wezel said there was no other damage to neighboring structures.

One firefighter was taken to the hospital to be evaluated for a possible broken wrist, Wezel said.

The fire was dispatched at 7:40am and had been largely extinguished by 8:30am. Traffic on Main St. was rerouted through side streets until shortly before 11:00am.

Fire apparatus from , Upper Providence, , and were on scene. A fire marshal's investigation is ongoing.

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article mistakenly identified Gary Wezel as the chief of Friendship Fire Company. Thanks to reader Chris Zabaska for the correction.