MEC&F Expert Engineers : Firefighter hurt in West Philadelphia house fire when he felt through some collapsing stairs

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Firefighter hurt in West Philadelphia house fire when he felt through some collapsing stairs


A Philadelphia firefighter is hospitalized and a mother and her six children out their homes after a fast-moving house fire.
A Philadelphia firefighter is hospitalized and a mother and her six children out their homes after a fast-moving house fire.

The blaze was reported at 11:45 p.m. Saturday at a home in the 1200 block of North 55th Street.

Action News is told flames ripped through the basement and first floor.

A firefighter was hurt when he felt through some collapsing stairs.

He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital and is expected to be okay.

The fire burned for a half hour before crews got the upper hand.

The cause is under investigation.