Tag: philadelphia fire department

Another Winter, Another Philly Ice Castle Built Because Of A Fire

by Brian • February 16, 2016 • 0 Comments

Last February, the Icehouse at 52nd and Locust sts. in West Philly was all the unusual-tourism rage, so we had to stop by and check it out. This February, a six-alarm blaze at an auto shop in Frankford offered a…

Today’s Metro story

by Brian • August 16, 2010 • 0 Comments

… is about the ongoing city vs. union scuttlebutt about response time to a fatal West Philadelphia fire, a blaze caused by careless smoking that claimed a 12-year-old boy’s life. While “nobody can say” whether victim Frank Marasco would’ve survived…

Today’s Metro Story

by Brian • August 3, 2010 • 0 Comments

… is about Day One of the Fire Department’s budgetarily-forced rolling brown-outs.