No injuries reported in 4-alarm fire at vacant Port Richmond warehouse
PHILADELPHIA - Firefighters battled a 4-alarm inferno that engulfed a vacant warehouse Sunday night in Port Richmond and caused a stretch of a nearby highway to close.
Crews from the Philadelphia Fire Department responded to the 3-story building on Richmond and Tioga streets just after 10 p.m. First Deputy Commissioner Craig Murphy said the building formerly housed a tire manufacturer.
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The blaze quickly struck a second alarm and was further elevated to a fourth alarm an hour after firefighters arrived. Murphy told reporters that over 50 apparatuses responded to the blaze.
A portion of Interstate 95 that runs near the warehouse was closed as a precaution due to billowing smoke.
Murphy reported no injuries during a near-midnight press conference and said the fire had been placed under control.
Officials do not know how the fire started.
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