Fire Damages Dry Cleaners In City's Bella Vista Neighborhood
Fire officials are investigating the cause of a blaze that damaged a dry cleaners in Philadelphia early Thursday morning.
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Fire officials are investigating the cause of a blaze that damaged a dry cleaners in Philadelphia early Thursday morning.
Philadelphia firefighters want to change the city charter, to require that city council approve appeals of labor contract arbitration awards.
The blaze broke out around 1 a.m. Sunday at a row home along the 2800 block of Memphis Street and quickly spread to three other homes.
As City Council continued its probe Thursday into last month's tragic building collapse on Market Street, they heard from independent demolition experts who said that city inspectors inspect very little.
The Philadelphia Fire Department were called out at about 5:10 p.m. to the 7500 block of City Avenue in the Overbrook section.
For one family it was a moment of tremendous pride, as George Drew was promoted to batallion chief -- a post that his father, also George Drew, held until his retirement.
There were no reports of any injuries after several bricks fell from a high-rise in Center City early Wednesday morning.
The Philadelphia Fire Department responded to the scene of a construction site accident on the campus of Temple University Thursday afternoon.
Firefighters at Engine 78 stand ready at Philadelphia International Airport in the event of an aircraft emergency similar to what happened in San Francisco.
Fire commissioner Lloyd Ayers wants Philadelphia residents to use care when firing up the outdoor grill.
Authorities say a 27-year-old construction worker was injured Monday morning when he fell from an industrial scissor lift at the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia.
Five people were taken to local hospitals after getting sick on chlorine fumes at a gym in Northeast Philadelphia Friday afternoon.
One person was killed and at least 13 people were injured following a building collapse in Center City Philadelphia.
Dark smoke from a trash fire billowed over Southwest Philadelphia late Tuesday afternoon.
Firefighters were called to the scene of the blaze in the 4700 block of Chestnut Street just after 6 a.m.
The elite team will be riding in memory of firefighters who died in the line of duty and to raise awareness about firefighter health issues.
One man is under arrest after an early morning fire in the Feltonville section of the city.
Three children were injured during a house fire in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
Many from a South Philadelphia neighborhood gathered last night as a memorial bench was unveiled, honoring fallen fire Captain Michael Goodwin who died in the line of duty last month.
Battalion chief Joseph Schulle won the seat of president in a decisive election victory over the incumbent, Bill Gault, who has held the post since July 2009.
Their frustration was evident in a speech made at the hearing by at-large councilman Denny O'Brien (at left in photo).
The Nutter administration says the controversial fire department policy of station "brownouts" will continue even if City Council appropriates extra money to eliminate them.
Philadelphia Fire Department officials say one person was killed in a house fire early Monday morning.
The Philadelphia Fire Department honored a dispatcher during National Telecommunicator week.
A memorial fund has been established for the family of a Philadelphia firefighter killed in a blaze earlier this month.
