Operations & Training

Philly Warehouse Partially Collapses in Four-Alarm Fire

April 8, 2019

No one was hurt as firefighters battled the blaze, which erupted on the first floor of the vacant building in the Port Richmond neighborhood Sunday night.

By Kelly O'Shea

Source The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia firefighters battled a four-alarm fire at a vacant warehouse in the Port Richmond neighborhood Sunday night.

A four-alarm fire broke out Sunday night on the first floor of a two-story vacant warehouse in Port Richmond, officials said.

The fire started around 7:22 p.m. at Sepviva and East Butler Streets in Port Richmond, according to Kathy Matheson, spokesperson for the Philadelphia Fire Department.

Matheson said the building partially collapsed.