Shortly after 11pm on Thursday evening, the Royersford Fire Department was dispatched to assist at the scene of a house fire on Jug Hollow Rd in Schuylkill Township, Chester County.

The Rescue responded with a crew of five. Members filled air cylinders and assisted with clean up at the fire scene.

Mutual aid responses like this are crucial to the fire service. When we have incidents in our coverage area we rely on our surrounding agencies to come in and supplement fireground tasks.