“My mother is sick, she’s bed-ridden. So I need to get up there,”     Maggie Kent, WPVI PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) – A man seen scaling a West Philadelphia apartment building during a fire spoke exclusively to Action News describing how ...

Occupant seen climbing down the outside of 19-story high-rise     PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man scaled down several floors of the side of a 19-story high-rise building in Philadelphia to escape a fire that injured four residents and three ...

Fire on the 29th floor     PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Hundreds were displaced from their homes for several hours overnight after a fire broke out at a luxury, high-rise condo building on Rittenhouse Square. The fire broke out in a ...

Working fire on 16th floor of Hahnemann University Hospital     Aaron Mott – A working high rise box at Hahnemann University Hospital in Center City Philadelphia. Engine 20 was originally dispatched for an alarm system and requested the high ...

Center City fire quickly knocked down     CENTER CITY (WPVI) – An apartment fire at a Center City high-rise forced dozens of people out in the cold. It happened at 13th and Walnut streets around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. Firefighters ...

Many older residential towers lack the safety measure

Fire in the 12-story Center City building

The fire claimed the lives of three Philadelphia firefighters