Senior Citizens Evacuated In Hot Weather After Electrical Fire At Philadelphia Apartment Complex

CBS Philadelphia

July 30, 2025

Residents of a senior apartment complex were evacuated on a hot evening as firefighters worked to put out an electrical fire that broke out at the complex Tuesday, officials said.

It's the second electrical fire at the complex in the last five weeks.

The fire broke out at the Courtyard Apartments at Riverview, on South 4th Street near Washington Avenue in Queen Village, just before 7 p.m. Tuesday. It took firefighters more than five hours to get the blaze under control.

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