Philadelphia Disaster Team Responds to Major Apartment Building Fire

Dec 14, 2018 | by Emergency Disaster Services - The Salvation Army

In the early morning hours of Monday, December 10, fire broke out in a large four story apartment complex in the Overbrook section of West Philadelphia.  The fire quickly engulfed the upper floors of the very large apartment complex, forcing the evacuation of all of its nearly 100 residence.  The fire quickly grew to 5 alarms requiring over 150 emergency response personnel to assist.  Residents were quickly evacuated to a nearby school to get out of the elements [READ MORE]

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