7 injured after fire rips through multiple Kensington rowhomes
Seven people, including three children, were hurt during a rowhome fire in the Kensington section of Philadelphia Monday evening, fire department officials said.
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Seven people, including three children, were hurt during a rowhome fire in the Kensington section of Philadelphia Monday evening, fire department officials said.
The Philadelphia Fire Department said say no one was hurt after a large fire broke out at an apartment complex in the city's Kensington section early Sunday.
The cause of a deadly fire in Kensington on Monday morning is under investigation.
More than 100 Philadelphia firefighters responded to a 3-alarm fire in an industrial building in the city's Kensington section on Wednesday.
A woman was killed and 23 residents are displaced following a fire that broke out in the Kensington section of Philadelphia on Friday morning, according to police.
Philadelphia Fire Department responded to the rowhome fire on the 100 block of Wishart Street in Kensington just after 1:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Officials said the fire broke out in a commercial building that was connected to several rowhomes. No one was hurt in the blaze, but multiple families were displaced early Thursday morning.
The warehouse is at West Tioga and Mascher Streets.
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No word yet on what caused the fire.
The structure partially collapsed during the fire.
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