Firefighters battle blaze at Center City high-rise building
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - About 100 Philadelphia firefighters responded to a blaze at a high-rise building in Center City on Monday afternoon. The flames broke out at a building near 12th and Sansom Streets, just after 12:30 p.m.
Crews asked people to avoid the area while they battled the flames.
12th and Sansom , looks like the new high rise where parking lot was across from Tinsel 12:45pm readers sent to me 📸 Dana Razon Mednick pic.twitter.com/mz8p8TvBGQ
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The fire was placed under control shortly after 1 p.m.
No word on what may have sparked the fire.
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