Hundreds of Philadelphia firefighters battle six-alarm blaze at warehouse complex

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More than 250 firefighters spent more than nine hours battling a massive six-alarm fire in Philadelphia today. It was the city's largest blaze since 2016, the fire chief says.

One firefighter was injured in the fire, which is now under control, Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said at an onsite press briefing Sunday morning. Agencies are still on the scene dousing hot spots."A six-alarm fire is the largest fire that we've had since early 2016, before I arrived here in Philadelphia," Thiel said.

— Philadelphia Fire August 23, 2020 Read MoreThe complex, which includes several closely connected buildings stretching across Stokely Street in the city's Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood, contains class-A combustibles like paper, Thiel said. Damage to the warehouses includes building collapses, according to the fire commissioner.

 

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These are the type of people creating chaos.😂😂😂

Was the fire started by the Peaceful Protesters?

मम्मी और पापा ने अपने हि 7 साल की बच्ची को दफनाया जमीन में

This is over Monterey and Santa Cruz

WAIT.... Donald Trump was in Philadelphia?

Anyone else think it's odd that the fires are in blue states? Anyone hear of weather warfare?

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Somehow, Biden's violent, mainstream, moderate supporters engaged in their rioting, looting and arson sprees in Portland (the feces and urine bombs are a nice touch) and Denver doesn't fit the in-the-tank framing bias of CNN.

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Extreme congratulations to the men and women of the Philadelphia FD. An abundance of professional firefighters...

Jerry Nadler called this a myth

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Was there a peaceful protest going on? I hope none was f those protestors got hurt. Any blacks ppl die? I don’t care about the rest 🤪

God has sent His prophets to this land to clean up The House of The LORD. HolyWordExpo

Wow that's hot.

The riots you don't report have caused six alarm fires too.

no accident

I swear, half the country is on fire and the other half is getting socked with storms & tornadoes or is getting ready to get hit with hurricanes 😞

My prayers and heart with all

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Those bankrupt businesses collecting insurance?

Where is the feds

Bhagwan bless them all. 🙏🙏

This is Donald Trumps fault!

Off topic alert! STOP this MAGA THUG! 72 days to go for Covfefe to crumble...

God bless them all 🙏

Was this a natural disaster like a wildfire or something?

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