Deadly Fairmount Fire

Bill inspired by deadly Fairmount fire would mandate better smoke alarms in public housing nationwide

The legislation provides funding for education, but not directly to help landlords install new detectors — and PHA says cost is a big issue.

Deadly Fairmount Fire

PHA owns thousands of other rowhomes like the one that burned in Fairmount

The housing authority has a huge portfolio of so-called “scatter sites,” which were long neglected.

Deadly Fairmount Fire

How to help survivors of the devastating and tragic Fairmount house fire

The blaze tore through a home owned by PHA, taking 12 lives — eight of them children.

Photos of the tire fire in Southwest Philly that sent plumes of smoke stretching for miles

It took firefighters more than two hours to bring the blaze under control.

Philly’s coronavirus response

Fire forces evacuation of COVID-positive residents, new Philly quarantine hotel opens Monday

There’s now a “repair or demolish” order on the Rodeway Inn, which is in a historic Center City property.

Di Bruno Bros joins surge of support for South Philly explosion victims

Community groups have been stepping up all over the neighborhood.

Iconic South Philly bakery turns Christmas Eve tradition into fire fundraiser

People visiting Termini Bros. for holiday treats can help displaced families in need.

South Philly rowhome blaze is the city’s sixth big fire this year

The city's old infrastructure is ripe for disaster.

South Philly refinery explosion

South Philly refinery fire: What we know (and what we don’t)

A massive explosion rocked the industrial complex early Friday morning.

The Old City fire that destroyed a building and shuttered shops was set intentionally, the ATF says

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Angelo’s Pizza was shut down by a fire overnight

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More than 40 people were displaced by a big fire in Germantown Monday night

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A tire fire in Port Richmond has temporarily closed the Betsy Ross Bridge

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Holidays in Philly

Thank you to all Philly’s firefighters working on Christmas Day

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Residents displaced by West Philly fire get help, but there’s no longterm housing plan

The impromptu shelter at the high school gymnasium will remain indefinitely.

Evacuation shelter opened for residents displaced by the West Philly fire

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Giant apartment fire in West Philly still raging out of control

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Reset the clock: It’s been zero days since a junkyard caught fire in Philly

On the night of the infamous four-alarm scrapyard fire in Kensington, Elmo became the king of weird Philly. Now he’s sitting in a jail cell.