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Historic Wetherill Mansion in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square damaged by fire One firefighter was taken to the hospital to be treated for heat exhaustion.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A fire erupted at a historic building in Rittenhouse Square early Friday morning. Flames were reported at the Wetherill Mansion building around 4:30 a.m.
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Firefighters put out a scooter fire in Southeast D.C. on Thursday. DC Fire and EMS responded to a lithium-ion battery scooter that had caught on fire at the back of a ...
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A small fire started inside an apartment in Southwest D.C. on Thursday due to a lithium-ion battery. According to the DC Fire and EMS Department, crews responded to ...
A sprinter van fire in Arlington, Virginia emitted a large amount of black smoke.
Philadelphia police announced Friday the arrest of two suspects in connection with the arson-related deaths of a pregnant mother and her two children in Strawberry Mansion on June 13.
Two people were arrested and charged in connection with a fire in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood that claimed the lives of a pregnant woman and two of her children on June 13.
June 27, 2025 Two charged with starting rowhome fire that killed pregnant mom, 2 kids in Strawberry Mansion Charles Sumpter, 67, and Fleitte Newell, 44, are accused of setting the June 13 deadly ...
2 arrested in fatal arson that killed pregnant woman, her 2 children in Strawberry Mansion 67-year-old Charles Sumpter and 44-year-old Fleitte Newell have been arrested and charged ...
La Chicatana, one of D.C.’s favorite Mexican restaurants, was damaged by a small kitchen fire. The staff will share space with sister restaurant La Plaza until repairs are made.
WASHINGTON — A popular Mexican restaurant in Columbia Heights is cleaning up following an early-morning kitchen fire. DC firefighters were called to Chicatana, located at 3903 14th St NW, just ...
A Columbia Heights restaurant's kitchen was destroyed after a fire broke out overnight in Northwest, according to the DC Fire and EMS Department.