PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) – Firefighters rescued several occupants of a burning home in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia Friday morning. The fire broke out at 6:45 a.m. at a home in the 2500 block of East Lehigh Avenue.
Crews arrived to find several people trapped on the third floor.
Witnesses described the brave rescue firefighters made as flames ripped through the home.
PFD members rescued, cared for and transported four people to hospitals after a fire this morning at Almond & Lehigh. pic.twitter.com/lhQxdxbL9u
– Philadelphia Fire (@PhillyFireDept) June 8, 2018
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In all, about 80 PFD members & 20 apparatus responded. Fire placed under control around 7:12 a.m. #24x7x365 pic.twitter.com/lDAbj8Nqlm
– Philadelphia Fire (@PhillyFireDept) June 8, 2018
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