From the FWFC: The Ambler Trinity Church Fire of 1986
A dramatic retelling of the inferno, a quarter century later
The following was written by Denny Zwicker for the Fort Washington Fire Company newsletter, and shared with Patch to maximize public notice. To view and subscribe to the fire company's monthly newsletter, click here. June 16, 1986 was a blistering hot Spring day, but for dozens of local volunteer firefighters, it was only going to get hotter. In the early afternoon, one of the church members thought she smelled something electrical. She checked the building but didn’t find anything amiss…but something was very amiss. In the rear of the church, behind the stately altar, deep within the 88-year old walls near the massive pipe organ, something had sparked and it was growing. It was a little past 4:00 p.m., and after a long day of meter …
Jonathan David Herman
10:28 pm on Sunday, July 31, 2011
I remember this fire I had only just turned four years old and mom took me to meet some of the firefighters mostly guys manning the pumps. It was the most incredible thing i've ever seen the pictures to this day are awe inspiring. I think it was one of the big moments in my life that made me want to be a firefighter I can't recall any fire in the last 25yrs of my life in this area that even came … more ›