Find Your Daily Voice
Cumberland
Your Local News for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Thursday, may 23
69°
Follow
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Lifestyle
Traffic
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Cumberland
Follow
Find Your Daily Voice
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Lifestyle
Traffic
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Home
About us
All sites
Advertise with us
Contact us
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Code of ethics
Site Map
© 2024 Cantata Media
69°
Thursday, may 23
Tag:
Smoke Alarms
Police & Fire
Fatal Fire Injures 1-Month-Old infant, PA Fire Officials Say
One man has died and four other people — including an infant —were injured in a residential fire early Wednesday morning, April 3, authorities told Daily Voice. Firefighters were called to the 1900 block of Dennie Street around 2:15 a.m., a Philadelphia Fire Department spokesperson said. They arrived to find heavy fire on the first floor of a two-story row house, according to officials. The fire was placed under control by 2:26 a.m., PFD said. A 62-year-old man was killed and four others injured: a 19-year-old woman, a 1-month-old infant, a man of unknown age, and a 38-ye…
Police & Fire
Christmas Tree Ignited By Lighter Likely Caused Deadly Philly Rowhouse Fire, Officials Say
A Christmas tree ignited by a lighter likely caused the "fast-moving" Philadelphia rowhouse fire that claimed the lives of 12 people last week, fire officials confirmed Tuesday. Nine children and three adults were confirmed dead in the Jan. 5 fire that started on the second floor and quickly traveled to the third floor of the N. 23rd Street building, authorities said. The 12 victims died of smoke inhalation, according to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s Medical Examiner’s Office. "We are almost certain that the Christmas tree on the second floor was the item that was first i…