5/4/11 - Strasburg Borough - N. Decatur St

At 2115 hours companies from Strasburg Borough (Lancaster Co) and surrounding departments dispatched to 226 N. Decatur Street at the Garden Spot Bowl for a building fire. Chief 5-10-1 arrived with heavy fire thru the roof and immediately requested a second alarm. After being forced to retreat after a brief interior attack firefighters went into defensive mode using aerial streams from Truck 6-3 (Lafayette), 2-4 (Gap), and 5-10 (Strasburg)in addition to ground appliances as heavy fire tore from the building. Several additional tankers from throughout the eastern part of Lancaster County were summoned to the scene setting up portable ponds to the north and south of the location. The fire burned out of control for about an hour before the roof collapsed and crews were able to get the upper hand. An estimated 200 firefighters from 50 departments battled the fire well into the morning hours. The fire is not being labled suspicious and leveled the building.