Haunted House Fire
A haunted house named Valley of Fear at a Bucks County swim club has burned down.
Our Thoughts are with the Owners and Staff during this time. It seems as though
every year a Haunted house burns down off season, during construction or vandals
A few years ago it was the Homer Mill in Michigan, and then the Talon Falls Haunted
House in Kentucky.
The fire was reported just after 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Phoenix Swim Club at
301 West Bristol Road in Lower Southampton.
Firefighters say, when they arrived, they found that the haunted attraction used
for Halloween was fully engulfed in flames.
a decorative skeleton still hanging on a piece of the building with smoldering
rubble all around.
The fire department was able to get the fire under control after about half an
hour.The owner of the Valley of Fear in Feasterville says it happened as some of
his employees were getting the two haunted houses ready for the up-coming
season.A spark went off from some equipment they were working with,
and by the time they got the fire extinguisher,the extinguisher couldn't put it
out and the fire just spread quickly," explained owner Tom Yaeger.
The fire was able to spread as quickly as it did because these attractions were
filled with props made of wood and burlap.
The Haunted Pirate Ship, seen in these photos, suffered the worst of it.
The charred mast is just about all that remains.
A short time after fire crews doused the flames, Valley of Fear employees
gathered to assess the damage,and hope for the best.
"Every year it has been a really fun place to work,
you meet a lot of great people, you have a lot of
great memories, and when you see something like this it hits you,"
said Chris Maher.
The good news is that despite the set-back, the Valley of Fear will
re-open for the season on time on
September 28th.
"We'll probably have one haunted house instead of two," Yaegel said.
"But it will be good,and the other two attractions, the hayride
and the haunted walk will be expanded."
Two responding firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion,
but both are expected to fully recover.
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