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A fire at the Art Alliance building near Rittenhouse Square sent one firefighter to a hospital, but they are expected to be OK, authorities said.Around 3:20 a.m. Friday, Philadelphia firefighters ...
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Officials have not yet identified the cause of the blaze. The extent of the damage to the building — which includes a theater and a gallery — was not immediately clear.
Bariq Fluellen, a veteran firefighter, has filed a complaint to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission against the city of Philadelphia, which provides money for the Philadelphia Fire Department.
The fire broke out at Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's facility in Philadelphia's Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood. Up to 40 buses caught fire.
The fire was placed under control just after 8 a.m., according to the Philadelphia Fire Department. Smoke from the SEPTA bus depot fire was visible across the city of Philadelphia on Thursday, June 5.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A house fire in Philadelphia's Germantown section injured a firefighter and a child. The fire broke out around 3 a.m. on Thursday on Morton Street, near Chelten Avenue.