Lightning Strike Causes House Fire In Abington
Authorities say a home in Abington Township, Montgomery County was struck by lightning, which then started a fire Saturday evening.
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Authorities say a home in Abington Township, Montgomery County was struck by lightning, which then started a fire Saturday evening.
Flames broke out shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday at a home along the 4100 block of Ogden Street in the city's Belmont section.
One person was injured in a fire in Hamilton Township Thursday afternoon.
The building has reportedly been vacant for about two years, but it had previously been the Smart Start day care.
The fire apparently broke out in a dryer in the laundry area of the building.
The fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. at the Award Dry Cleaners at Ridge Avenue and Shurs Lane.
The Southern Shore Chapter of the American Red Cross and volunteer disaster responders arrived at the inn around 4:30 am to provide assistance for those displaced by the fire, including food, transportation, and clothing.
Firefighters responded to the scene of a commercial structure in the shore town of Wildwood around 11 a.m.
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A firefighter and one other were injured during a two-alarm blaze that spread across two rowhomes in Camden Friday morning.
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Four-year-old twins Maria and Marialla Bowah and brothers four-year-old Patrick Sanyeah and seven-week-old Taj Jacque died in the early morning hours on July 5, when the fire broke out at the rowhome.
The fire was reported around 7 p.m. in the 1000 block of Meadow Lane.
Three residents were injured after they were forced to jump out of their home during a fire in Montgomery County early Tuesday morning.
Firefighters in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County battled a blaze at an apartment complex early Friday morning.
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The fire was reported just before 9 a.m. in the 1100 block of Norcom Road.
Around 1 a.m. Monday, the teen center in the day camp area caught fire.
Fire crews responded to a fire in a vacant apartment building at 33rd and Mantua just after 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Forty-six-year-old Christopher Smith was charged with attempted murder and arson in connection with the fire on Sigel Street.
Police say the fire broke out at 912 West Huntingdon Street around 2 a.m. on Sunday.
The fire broke out around 5:30 a.m. in the home on the 1300 block of Elbridge Street.
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