May 7, 2026 At 0515 am the Newtown Square fire company was dispatched to the Marple Newtown Senior High School for a fire alarm

 
By Newtown Square Fire Company
May 7, 2026
 

Deputy Chief Mike Kenny arrived and smelled an odor of something burning, which prompted him to upgrade the fire assignment to a building fire, which added the Broomall Fire Company, Media Fire Company and the Manoa Fire Company.

Crews from the Newtown engine stretched a hose line into the basement of the school where heavy smoke was located. A search of the interior located a fire in the computer room that had been extinguished by an overhead sprinkler. Fire crews remained on scene to ventilate the smoke from the building.