Officers Rescue Person From Fire; 2 Taken To Hospital: Horsham Police

HORSHAM, PA — Police rescued a person Saturday night from a fire at a home in Horsham, and the blaze sent two residents to the hospital, authorities said.

Emergency personnel responded shortly after 8 p.m. to the scene of an appliance fire in the 200 block of Broadway Avenue, where a person was trapped, according to police, who said two officers on patrol entered the home and brought the resident to safety.

Two occupants of the home were taken to the hospital and the family was receiving assistance from Horsham’s Department of Emergency Manangement.

The fire is under investigation but is believed to have started inside a dryer, according to police, who said the home suffered minimal damage.

“We would especially like to recognize the life saving efforts of Officers Michael Costello and Nicholas Tschepikiewski in rescuing the occupant of the home,” Horsham Community Police Services said in a social media post on the Horsham ChATs Facebook page. “They both put themselves in harm’s way to save the life of another.”