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The only Philadelphia fire station without pumper truck welcomes Engine 6 back after 16-year hiatus
City leaders say Philadelphia neighborhoods are safer ... from city leaders and community members who gathered inside the fire station on the first day it returned to service.
Gov. Josh Shapiro thanks firefighters who responded to the Northeast Philly plane crash: ‘You guys literally saved lives’
Firefighters from Engine 71, about a half-mile from the crash site, were among the first emergency workers to reach the scene ...
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Ruptured gas line prompts evacuations in Philadelphia’s Ogontz section, crews work to make repairs
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The Philadelphia Fire Department responded to a ruptured gas line at a construction site in Northwest Philadelphia on Thursday morning. While the smell of fumes from the ...
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Philadelphia Fire Department reactivates the last of 7 fire stations closed 15 years ago during the Great Recession
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The last of seven fire stations closed in 2009, to balance the city budget during the Great Recession, has been brought back online. On Thursday, the ...
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Brush fire at Penn Medicine SEPTA station causes transportation delays, smell of smoke on campus
The fire, spotted on railroad tracks near the station, was reported to the Philadelphia Fire Department around 10:45 a.m. on ...
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NTSB releases new details on SEPTA train fire that led to evacuation of 329 people
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI ... The train was stopped about 638 feet south of Crum Lynne Station when the fire was reported at 5:56 p.m. All passengers and crew members were evacuated by 6:22 p.m ...
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SEPTA train had "strong burning smell" before fire in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, NTSB says
A "strong burning smell" was reported in the lead railcar at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia about an hour before a SEPTA Regional Rail train with about 325 passengers caught fire at Crum ...