Fire at Torresdale and Harbison
A fire broke out in a tire store early yesterday morning, quickly spreading to four homes.
Firefighters were called to Trinidad Tire Center on the 5300-block of Torresdale Avenue around 3 a.m, but the blaze soon spread to four surrounding homes. The three-alarm fire was out by 5:30 a.m, with more than 40 people now displaced from their homes.
FOX29 has video below.
Firefighters told FOX29 they would have been able to get to the scene faster, if not for some of the side streets being icy.
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