Firefighter rescued from Kensington rowhome fire after activating mayday alarm
Philadelphia Fire Department responded to the rowhome fire on the 100 block of Wishart Street in Kensington just after 1:45 p.m. Tuesday.
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.
Jasmine Payoute reports.
No word yet on what caused the fire.
The structure partially collapsed during the fire.
It's been nearly a week since a house fire in Kensington took the lives of a father and his three boys.
The fire broke out at this three-story building around 3 a.m. Saturday on the 3100 block of Kensington Avenue.
Flames broke out just after 2 a.m. Saturday inside the Bamboo Hair Salon in the 3000 block of Kensington Avenue.
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The city has said a collapse zone was established at the site of the fatal fire, but at a City Hall news conference on Thursday, leaders of Firefighters Local 22 said their photographs indicate otherwise.
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