Suspected Arson Strikes 2 Horsham Residences

Two fires are believed to have been set outside of two Horsham homes in the early morning hours Tuesday.

Jean DeNardo woke to the sound of rain beating on her window early Tuesday morning. Those soothing sounds soon changed to fear as a "popping noise" literally ignited her backyard shed. "I looked out the window and there was this orange glow," said DeNardo, of Moonflower Road in Horsham. "It went up like a matchbox." The fire in DeNardo's shed, which backs up to Meetinghouse Road, began at about 3 a.m. Tuesday morning, less than 10 minutes after Horsham Township Police and the Horsham Fire Company responded to a "suspicious" 2:51 a.m. fire outside a home in the area of Meetinghouse and County Line roads. No one was injured in either of the fires, according to Horsham Township Fire Marshal George Fida. Both blazes are under investigation, he…

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