More Than Dozen Residents Displaced After Flames Break Out At Apartment Building In Center City
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - An apartment building in Center City has been evacuated after an early morning fire. Cellphone video captured the blaze on the 1200 block of Spruce Street, around 4:30 a.m. Monday.
Smoke could be seen pouring from the upper floors of the building.
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Everyone got out of the building safely.
The fire chief also ordered all firefighters out of the building because of the dangerous conditions there.
One firefighter suffered a minor injury.
This is an old building dating back to 1850, which makes conditions more dangerous for firefighters.
More than a dozen residents have been displaced and are being assisted by the Red Cross.
No word on what sparked the flames.
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