Fire Report

Pre-holiday heartache

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A Thanksgiving Eve fire struck the home of a Point Breeze-situated older adult.

The blaze began around 4:45 a.m. Nov. 23 on the 1700 block of Annin Street, with personnel quickly arriving to contain the matter and to rescue the…

Pre-holiday heartache

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A Thanksgiving Eve fire struck the home of a Point Breeze-situated older adult.

The blaze began around 4:45 a.m. Nov. 23 on the 1700 block of Annin Street, with personnel quickly arriving to contain the matter and to rescue the…

Fire claims 90-year-old

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Benjamin Boone, a beloved figure in his Grays Ferry community, died in a house fire June 9.

Just before 2 a.m., the blaze broke out in a two-story rowhome on the 1700 block of South Taylor Street, the Fire Department said…

Fire claims 90-year-old

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Benjamin Boone, a beloved figure in his Grays Ferry community, died in a house fire June 9.

Just before 2 a.m., the blaze broke out in a two-story rowhome on the 1700 block of South Taylor Street, the Fire Department said…

Fire prompts investigation

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A Sunday fire in Lower Moyamensing has authorities looking to determine if someone committed arson.

At about 3 a.m., emergency personnel responded to a report of a fire inside an unoccupied property on the 2000 block of…

Fire prompts investigation

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A Sunday fire in Lower Moyamensing has authorities looking to determine if someone committed arson.

At about 3 a.m., emergency personnel responded to a report of a fire inside an unoccupied property on the 2000 block of…

House fire proves fatal

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Just before 2 a.m. Jan. 29, an inferno broke out on the 400 block of Daly Street, leading, despite intervention from two police officers, to the deaths of Michael McGoldrick and Marsha Shear, long-established residents of the Whitman block. As of press…

House fire proves fatal

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Just before 2 a.m. Jan. 29, an inferno broke out on the 400 block of Daly Street, leading, despite intervention from two police officers, to the deaths of Michael McGoldrick and Marsha Shear, long-established residents of the Whitman block. As of press…

Blaze claims life

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A fire that took 45 minutes to extinguish left an 82-year-old woman dead Friday.

Shortly after 10 p.m., the Philadelphia Fire Department responded to a call on the 2800 block of South Marshall Street and spent the aforementioned time…

Blaze claims life

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A fire that took 45 minutes to extinguish left an 82-year-old woman dead Friday.

Shortly after 10 p.m., the Philadelphia Fire Department responded to a call on the 2800 block of South Marshall Street and spent the aforementioned time…