2-alarm fire in Francisville placed under control; residents displaced
It took about 100 firefighters to put out the blaze in Philadelphia's Francisville neighborhood.
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It took about 100 firefighters to put out the blaze in Philadelphia's Francisville neighborhood.
The building is located at Ridge Avenue and Francis Street, just west of Broad Street and The Met Philadelphia.
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Nearly a dozen other firefighters and two civilians were injured in the explosion, officials said.
One person died and five others were forced from their homes.
Police said Michael Lopez-Medina set three different fires in Woodbury, including one at a theatre.
The pastor of the church and principal of the school both said they were grateful they had already practiced shelter and place procedures.
A woman named Chin Le tells CBS Philadelphia she is the mother of the man who she says killed five other members of her family and then himself in East Lansdowne on Wednesday. Chin Le describes the chaos that went on inside the home. She spoke to us through an interpreter and said it all started with an argument. Ray Strickland has the story.
Chin Le, who spoke through her family doctor, said her son shot and killed five family members before taking his own life.
Both officers shot in East Lansdowne are expected to survive, and six members of the Le family are unaccounted for, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said.
A home on Lewis Avenue in East Lansdowne caught fire and two police officers were shot Wednesday. A neighbor's videos captured the incident.
Residents in East Lansdowne, Delaware County, said it is normally a safe and quiet neighborhood and they were sad and angry to see the chaotic scene unfold near their homes.
Crews were called to Haddon and Mt. Ephraim Avenues in Camden, New Jersey for a fire that broke out around 7 a.m. Wednesday.
The fire happened just before 10 p.m. at the Knightsbridge Apartments near Knights and Street Roads.
An elderly woman and a dog died after a house fire in Mercer County Tuesday evening.
The cause of a house fire that killed an adult and a dog Tuesday night is under investigation, the Ewing Police Department said.
The Wildwood community and strangers are stepping in to help after a massive fire leaves 20 people displaced and a woman hospitalized.
Firefighters battled heavy smoke to get the fire under control but found one person dead inside, officials said.
A woman died in a house fire in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood Monday afternoon, fire department officials said.
The fire happened on the 4600 block of Darrah Street in Philadelphia's Frankford section.
The fire began around 2 a.m. Monday on the 8700 block of Duveen Drive.
Members of the Overbrook Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia said they're ready to rebuild after a fire damaged the place of worship on Monday.
Members of Overbrook Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia gathered for a vigil Sunday after a fire in their church last week. They've already begun cleaning up and are looking to the future.
Firefighters in Wilmington, Delaware were at the scene of a McDonald's restaurant that caught on fire Thursday morning.
One person died in this early Friday morning rowhome fire in North Philadephia. Firefighters got everything under control about 40 minutes later.
