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Crews from the Philadelphia Fire Department were called to the New Diamond Chinese Restaurant on the 2900 block of Ridge Avenue around 1:15 a.m. for reports of an explosion. After arriving ...

The persistent scolding in Paul Kahan’s “Philadelphia: A Narrative History” is typical ... who formed America’s first volunteer fire company and hospital (among many other organizations).

"If responders would've been in there. There would've been a lot of injuries for our guys and girls," said Daniel McCarty, the Philadelphia Fire Department's Acting Executive Chief. Families ...

The report said 911 dispatchers received dozens of calls about the crash. Philadelphia Fire Department personnel initially were unable to make out details of the crashed vehicle because of smoke ...

according to the Philadelphia Fire Department. The firefighter was placed in stable condition at the hospital, a spokesperson for the Philly Fire Department said. Chopper 3 was over the fire at ...

The Philadelphia Fire Department said it responded to the fatal fire at 6:40 a.m. Jan. 5 “and found heavy fire coming from the second floor of a three-story row house.” It took 50 minutes to ...