Bensalem Tower Fire Forces Evacuation (VIDEO)

Bensalem fire officials don’t yet know why a 118-foot cell phone tower caught fire around 11:30 a.m. Friday forcing the temporary evacuation of neighboring workers and residents along Byberry Road between Hulmeville and Byberry roads.

Work was being done on the tower shortly before the fire started, Bensalem police said.

By 2 p.m. only the township’s public works building remained evacuated as it was within the fall zone for the damaged tower.

The structure was finally brought down at 9:42 p.m. Friday.

“We had some people who were inconvenienced, but no structural damage to anything except the cell phone tower, and no injuries. So it’s a good days work here,” said Bensalem Township Public Safety Director Fred Harran.

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