PRESS PHOTO BY JIM MARSH

Firefighters from Western Salisbury, Eastern Salisbury and South Whitehall-Cetronia fire companies respond to a fire in an electrical control panel for an elevator in the 1247 Building at Cedar Crest Professional Park, Salisbury Township, March 5. WSFD volunteers were nearby responding to a motor vehicle accident along Cedar Crest Boulevard, at the entrance to the professional park, when the call came in for a fire in a structure. WSFD Chief Joshua Wells diverted an engine to the 1247 Building and, because of the nature of the high occupancy structure, immediately called for engines and manpower from Eastern Salisbury Fire Department and South Whitehall's Cetronia Station. The fire was quickly extinguished by building services personnel using dry chemical extinguishers. Because smoke and fumes had spread throughout the structure, building fire alarms prompted an evacuation of the three-story office building. Evacuees returned about an hour later after firefighters had vented the building and checked air quality throughout the structure.