Family members of five people who died in a Fairmount fire are suing PHA over the incident. The lawsuit claims the housing authority knew the home was overcrowded. The building did not have a fire escape or working smoke detectors installed.
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LOCAL NEWS Man killed in Sea Isle City balcony collapse leaves behind wife, 3 daughters BY MATT PETRILLO FEBRUARY 27, 2023 / 11:39 PM / CBS PHILADELPHIA SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. (CBS) — On Monday night, as federal investigators try to determine what caused a deadly balcony collapse in Sea Isle City, CBS Philadelphia is learning […]
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“I want to thank everyone who suggested I call code enforcement; this project did not come across their desk and work has stopped. Thank you for explaining the gut feeling I had and pushing me in the right direction!”
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“It’s not the first time this has happened, and thank God we haven’t had serious injuries as a result of this,” Ald. Mike Verveer, 4th District, said, noting that a first-floor porch collapsed several years ago. “This could have been substantially more tragic. That’s why we take these porch inspections very seriously.”
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The Fairmount fire happened last January in a two-unit Philadelphia Housing Authority row home, with battery-powered smoke alarms that weren’t operating the day of the fire, no sprinkler system, and no fire escape. Nine of the victims were children.
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You have just 2 minutes to escape a burning home, Fire Protection Association says By: Anthony SabellaPosted at 8:21 AM, Oct 13, 2022and last updated 2:39 PM, Oct 13, 2022 When a home catches fire, every second counts for the family inside trying to escape. For the 2022 edition of Fire Prevention Week, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) […]
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