No One Injured In Booth Lane Fire

No one was injured in what officials called a “stubborn little fire” in a Booth Lane home in Haverford Sunday morning.

Shortly after 10 a.m., fire crews responded to a house fire at 60 Booth Lane in Haverford. The fire started behind a basement wall, said Merion Fire Co. Chief Tom Hayden.

“The firefighters kept it to where there was only minimal damage to the house,” Hayden said.

Homeowner Lynn Folds and her son, who were the only two in the house at the time, were able to get out after finding smoke in the basement.

She said she was in the shower when it started, but they didn’t see any flames before they left the house.

“The house is still standing, so that’s the good news,” Folds said. “This is more excitement than we needed this morning."

Folds said the fire started with a sump pump in the basement.

, Bryn Mawr Fire Co., Gladwyne Fire Co., Penn Wynne Fire Co. and the Lower Merion Fire Department responded to the fire, along with Lower Merion police, who blocked off Booth Lane between Old Lancaster Road and Montgomery Avenue.

Crews were on scene for more than an hour.