Person dies in North Philadelphia fire that spread to multiple rowhomes
The fire happened on Monday afternoon on the 3600 block of North Percy Street just before 1 p.m., according to the Philadelphia Fire Department.
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The fire happened on Monday afternoon on the 3600 block of North Percy Street just before 1 p.m., according to the Philadelphia Fire Department.
Fire chiefs say the blaze at a large building at E Street and Kensington Avenue could have spread quickly into the nearby car lot had they not attacked the flames right away. CBS News Philadelphia's Liz Crawford has the latest.
A fire broke out early Friday morning at a building on Kensington Avenue and E Street in Philadelphia. While no one was injured, over 100 firefighters were on the scene responding and putting multiple streams of water on the burning structure. Wakisha Bailey reports.
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A fire at a vacant building in Philadelphia's Harrowgate section is under control Tuesday evening, officials said.
More than 100 firefighters responded to a rowhome fire that injured several people in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood Tuesday morning.
Multiple firefighters were hospitalized after a floor collapsed inside a burning home where a fire was burning on Monday night into Tuesday morning in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia. Brandon Goldner reports.
Fire crews were called out to the 3200 block of Teesdale Street, just off Cottman Avenue, around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Officials said none of the homes damaged in a fire on the 3500 block of Kip Street early Wednesday morning had working smoke detectors.
A fire in Philadelphia's Fairhill neighborhood damaged multiple homes and led to one firefighter being treated for minor injuries. Wakisha Bailey has the latest report from the scene.
A man's body was found inside a burned apartment building in North Philadelphia after a fire broke out Saturday morning, sources say.
Frigid conditions affected crews responding to the scene of a fire in West Philly Saturday morning.
Crews were called out to a burning restaurant on the 4200 block of Whitaker Avenue on Friday morning.
Philadelphia Fire Department crews were called out to a fire on the 4200 block of Whitaker Avenue on Friday. Flames could be seen shooting from the roof of the Bella Vista Restaurant but thankfully, there are no injuries. Wakisha Bailey reports.
An elderly man and a woman were rescued from a building fire in Grays Ferry Wednesday morning at the intersection of 26th and Tasker streets.
Two people were rescued from a building fire in South Philadelphia's Grays Ferry neighborhood Wednesday morning at the intersection of 26th and Tasker streets. An elderly man was rescued by firefighters and taken to an area hospital in critical condition, fire officials said. A woman was also rescued and transported in stable condition.
Family identified the 70-year-old woman who died in a rowhome fire in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood as Denise Green.
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A two-alarm blaze broke out at a vacant church in West Philadelphia early Monday morning.
Flames broke out at the former Greater White Rock Baptist Church on the 5500 block of Market Street, shortly after 3:30 a.m. When fire crews arrived, the structure was fully engulfed in flames. The blaze was quickly upgraded to a two-alarm fire with more than 100 Philadelphia Fire Department members responding.
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