Firefighters work to put out Phila. structure fire

    Firefighters spent part of Sunday morning working to put out a structure fire in the area of 7th and Poplar Street in Philadelphia.

    At this point’s unclear how the fire started.

    Police and fire crews blocked off portions of the area as firefighters worked to get the fire under control.

    A large cloud of black smoke could be seen from blocks away.

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    Lizz Fiedler of NewsWorks reports it appears the one story building was empty at the time the fire started.

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