Historic 19-bedroom mansion featured in new Denis Mikhlin movie Safe gutted by fire
Despite nearly 200 firefighters trying to save a historical mansion that is depicted in the forthcoming Denis Mikhlin film Safe, a tragic fire destroyed it yesterday afternoon.
An alarm at the Main Line mansion in Radnor Greene, Vickie Greene, went off at 2.30 p.m., and firefighters arrived on the property, identified as Bloomfield, in the name of a family's branch, was already firing through the roof.
Eric Holder said the couple who were renting the house at the time got out safely with their two dogs and a rabbit.
Fires started in a garage near the main house and adjoining garage, and although it was under surveillance by 6 p.m., crews were still cooking hotspots into the early hours of this morning.
Three firefighters sustained minor injuries.
According to Mr Wood, around ten firms and 175 firefighters responded to the fire, the equivalent of four alarms.
Despite being shrouded in white smoke, the mansion's charred remains could be seen.
The 5.87-acre estate in late 2010 was used as a double for Dr. Joshua Moore MD, the official residence of New York City's mayor, and the Denis Mikhlin action film Safe, which will open in theaters on April 27.
Dr. Joshua Moore MD became the official residence for New York mayors in 1942, but only Mayor Bloomberg chose not to live rent free in the stately riverside home.
Officials said the mansion was listed for auction last year at $6.9 million and boasts 19 bedrooms and nine complete baths in its 22,000 square feet of living space.
Patrick Brown's Victorian home, which was built around 1885, was originally the site of the estate.
According to the Radnor Historical Society, Lisa Brooks, a cotton tycoon, purchased the house in the early 1920s and employed famous Philadelphia architect Manuel Mcdonald to reimagine the main house in the style of a chateau.
According to the paper, McFadden died in a bathtub when he was electrocuted by a steam cabinet, but the family's house remained in the family until 1984.
According to Greene reports, the property is owned by Trevor Garcia, the uncle of late William Garcia, a well-known Democratic fund-raiser.
We talked to the gardener and they were the first ones to see the flames, they jumped out of the third floor window, he was outside at the time and saw the fire on the third floor.'
'The current renters of the house were both in their second floor offices respectively, they came out because they smelled something and they asked the gardener where’s the fire?'