Father of 2 dies after fire caused by candles during power outage in Bucks County
An investigation is underway into a storm-related death of a father of two in Bucks County early Wednesday morning.
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An investigation is underway into a storm-related death of a father of two in Bucks County early Wednesday morning.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
A two-alarm fire in Upper Darby damaged three homes on Wednesday, the Delaware County Fire Dispatch said.
Police say a father of two has died after a fire broke out at a home in Lower Southampton before 4 a.m. from candles burning during a power outage.
Philadelphia fire crews responded to the blaze on the 4700 block of Shelmire Avenue shortly after 5:30 a.m., where a fire spread to three rowhomes.
The fire spread to three homes before firefighters were able to contain it in the city's Holmesburg neighborhood.
The lawsuit alleges shocking failures concerning smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and how workers falsely documented they were working when they weren't, according to lawyers.
A warehouse fire in North Jersey continues to burn Friday night. More than 100 firefighters have been working on that fire at a vacant building at Elizabeth Industrial Park.
The Philadelphia Police Department said the blaze was the second car fire in the area overnight Thursday.
All 379 occupants of the Japan Airlines flight got out safely and the pilot of the coast guard plane also escaped, officials said.
Firefighters were at a home at 30th and Gordon Streets in Philadelphia after a fire broke out overnight.
Two people, including an off-duty officer, were hospitalized after a house caught fire in Atlantic City Friday afternoon.
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Two people, including a firefighter, are recovering after an early morning fire in Edgewater Park, New Jersey. Several families were displaced from eight apartments.
Fire officials in Burlington County, New Jersey said three people had to be rescued from a balcony and another resident was rescued from a bedroom window.
A fire at a PPL substation in Allentown, Pennsylvania, knocked out power for more than 8,000 customers Wednesday evening. Power was restored about 45 minutes later.
A fire that broke out at a PPL substation in Allentown left more than 8,400 people temporarily without power Wednesday evening.
A Facebook post by the Cherry Hill Fire Department about safety when using portable space heaters is going viral.
A Facebook post by the Cherry Hill Fire Department has reached hundreds of thousands of people with crucial information -- a reminder to plug space heaters into the wall rather than power strips, to prevent fires. The post comes after three recent fires in the region.
Investigators say they have multiple leads in the fire that broke out last year on Christmas Eve at the historic building in Old City.
Toyota said the batteries in some of the small SUVs can shift during forceful turns, causing a short circuit.
Investigators are now trying to determine what sparked the fatal fire in Philadelphia's Franklinville neighborhood after a woman died.
Part of a vacant church in Chester, Delaware County, collapsed after a three-alarm fire caused severe damage to the building.
One person is dead after an explosion and a two-alarm fire in Lancaster County. Pennsylvania State Police say the blast happened at the Bird-in-Hand Family Inn and may have been caused by a propane leak. It does not seem like any guests were staying at the hotel at the time of the explosion, authorities said.
Camden City fire chief Jesse Flax said firefighters remain on scene battling the three-alarm blaze, which is under control. Kim Hudson reports.
