Fire damages Mt. Airy apartment building
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<p>Ron and Barb Kern (left), Jackie Roth, a breast cancer survivor and one of the recipients of the evening's Going Beyond Awards; and her husband, Ron Kern, Jr. (Photo courtesy of Zoey Sless-Kitain)</p>
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<p>Living Beyond Breast Cancer supporters Denise Portner (left), Cybile Silver, Lynn Marks, and Andi Morris (Photo courtesy of Zoey Sless-Kitain)</p>
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<p>Vincent Termini, co-owner of Termini Brothers Bakery, and his wife, Julie with the five-tier butterfly cake donated by Termini (Photo courtesy of Zoey Sless-Kitain)</p>
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<p>Lynn Willis (left), Nicole Colaco, emcee Donna Noce, Jessica Wells, and John Minor, all of White House Black Market, the presenting sponsor of the Butterfly Ball (Photo courtesy of Zoey Sless-Kitain)</p>
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<p>Honoree Stephanie Lawrence (center), with Dr. Jennifer Simmons and her husband, Albert, buying grand prize drawing tickets, for a chance to win a Harry Winston watch or a 12-month lease to a 2012 Mercedes-Benz (Photo courtesy of Zoey Sless-Kitain)</p>
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<p>Guests enjoy cocktails before dinner at Living Beyond Breast Cancer's Butterfly Ball, held Nov. 10 at Loews Philadelphia Hotel (Photo courtesy of Zoey Sless-Kitain)</p>
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<p>Stephen Cozen (center) with his daughter Cathi Cozen (left) and his wife, Sandy, Erica Taxin Bleznak, and Eric and Susan Pearson (Photo courtesy of Zoey Sless-Kitain)</p>
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<p>Jackie Dickman (left) and Joanne Soslow (Photo courtesy of Zoey Sless-Kitain)</p>
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<p>Butterfly Ball committee members Veenita Bleznak (left), Kim Baron, and Jill Aschkenasy (Photo courtesy of Zoey Sless-Kitain)</p>
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<p>Dr. Debra Somers Copit, a radiologist at Einstein and recipient of the Founder's Award, her husband, Steve Copit, and their sons, Scott and Robbie (Photo courtesy of Zoey Sless-Kitain)</p>
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<p>Honoree Tom Shoemaker (left), 2012 Young Heroes Awardee and Franklin High School grad Antoinette Dawkins, and Pennsylvania Market President of TD Bank and National Liberty Museum CEO Gwen Borowsky (Photo courtesy of Tim Evans)</p>
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<p>Aileen Whitman (left), National Liberty Museum Board Member, Barbara Sivan, and National Liberty Museum CEO Gwen Borowsky (Photo courtesy of Tim Evans)</p>
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<p>Current and former Young Heroes awardees (from Left) DeVontray Lingo, Bridget Giovenco, Theodore Caputi, Heidi Wortell, Jinhee Lee, Mecca Pelzer, Katelyn Eystad, Antoinette Dawkins, Erika Emery (Photo courtesy of Tim Evans)</p>
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<p>National Liberty Museum Board President Doug Tozour of Tozour Energy Systems (Photo courtesy of Tim Evans)</p>
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<p>2008 Young Heroes Awardee and 11th grader at the Baldwin School, Mecca Pelzer, with event emcee Lori Wilson of NBC 10 (Photo courtesy of Tim Evans)</p>
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<p>National Liberty Museum board members Beth Galvin of Ernst & Young (left) and Susan Stevens of US Airways (Photo courtesy of Tim Evans)</p>
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<p>Ann Aerts (left), Eileen Perrin, and Rick Bennett, all of PricewaterhouseCoopers (Photo courtesy of Tim Evans)</p>
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<p>John Mahony (left) and Robert Beatty, dean of Rowan University’s Rohrer College of Business (Photo courtesy of Tim Evans)</p>
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<p>On Friday evening, firefighters from Battelion 9 respond to an apartment fire on 6900 block of Cresheim Road.(Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>On Friday evening, firefighters from Battalion 9 respond to an apartment fire on the 6900 block of Cresheim Road. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)</p>
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On Friday evening firefighters of Battelion 9 respond to an apartment fire at the 6900 block of Cresheim Road. The cause has still to be determent. A neighbor believed that no one was home at the time the fire broke out. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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<p>On Friday evening, firefighters from Battelion 9 respond to an apartment fire on the 6900 block of Cresheim Road. The cause has not been determined. A neighbor believed no one was home when the fire broke out. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The cause of the fire remains under investigation. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>The cause of the fire is still under investigation. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)</p>
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<p>Hoses lay over the nearby intersection of Carpenter and Cresheim. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)</p>
A fire broke out Friday night at an apartment building on the 6900 block of Creishem Road in Mount Airy, according to officials with the Philadelphia Fire Department.
Firefighters arrived at the two-story building at 6:53 p.m. on Dec.4 to find “heavy fire emitting from the second floor,” said Executive Fire Chief Richard Davison.
The blaze was extinguished by 7:09 p.m.
No injuries were reported. The Red Cross, who is typically called when residents are displaced, was not notified of the fire, said Davison.
The source of the fire remains under investigation
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