PHILADELPHIA — A person scaled a number of flooring down the aspect of a 19-story constructing in Philadelphia to flee a hearth that injured 4 residents and three law enforcement officials. The hearth on the Holden Tower apparently started in a trash chute about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, inflicting flames to shoot out and unfold heavy smoke to all flooring of the high-rise. Firefighters quickly responded and took a water line to the fourth-floor chute and flooded it. They additionally stretched the road to the 15th flooring and flooded the trash chute from there as an additional security measure, authorities stated. The firefighters had the blaze below management in about an hour. All residents had been capable
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Bruins Split Preseason Series With Flyers After 5-1 Loss In Philadelphia
The Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers played for the second time this preseason Thursday night in Philly, with the home team winning 5-1. These teams have split their preseason series, with Boston winning 2-1 in overtime at TD Garden last week. The Bruins will wrap up their preseason schedule Saturday on the road against the Chicago Blackhawks. To hear Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy speak to reporters after Thursday’s loss, check out the “NESN Sports Today” video above, presented by People’s United Bank. ... NESN.com
How USA Soccer Won Copa America’s ‘Battle Of Philadelphia’ Vs. Paraguay
The United States men’s national soccer team battled to victory over Paraguay on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Judging by the U.S. players’ performances, it’s safe to say they’d be willing to fight from the stadium, to Broad Street, To Market Square, through North Philadelphia and up or down the Eastern seaboard in order to achieve the success they so thoroughly deserve. Clint Dempsey’s 27th-minute goal put the U.S. ahead in the score-line, but the hosts’ determination and bravery in holding on, following DeAndre Yedlin’s 48th-minute dismissal, provided sports fans near and far a soccer memory they should cherish For...