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  2. 2022 Philadelphia apartment fire - Wikipedia

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    On the morning of January 5, 2022, a fire tore through a row house converted into apartments in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Twelve people died, nine of them children, [2] and two others were injured. Five additional people escaped from the first floor unit with minor injuries. [1] [3] [4] The fire happened just ...

  3. 1985 MOVE bombing - Wikipedia

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    The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was the destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during a standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization. Philadelphia police dropped two explosive devices from a ...

  4. Civil rights lawsuit filed over 2022 Philadelphia fire that ...

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    Families of the 12 people killed in a Philadelphia row house fire that began in a Christmas tree two years ago sued a pair of city agencies Friday, claiming unsafe conditions on the property ...

  5. Dozens of displaced residents stay in shelter after apartment ...

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    Steve Keeley. May 5, 2024 at 2:50 PM. PHILADELPHIA - Several residents have been displaced after police say a fire occurred at Terrace Apartments near Spruce Hill. According to officials, police ...

  6. MOVE (Philadelphia organization) - Wikipedia

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    African Americans. MOVE (pronounced like the word "move"), originally the Christian Movement for Life, is a communal organization that advocates for nature laws and natural living, founded in 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart). The name, styled in all capital letters, is not an acronym.

  7. Fire tragedies in Philadelphia and the Bronx underscore ... - AOL

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    The deadly fires in the Bronx, New York, and Philadelphia follow a historical pattern that sees Black people dying in accidents at alarming rates.

  8. List of building or structure fires - Wikipedia

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    A fire destroyed a large part of the historic Stock Exchange Building in Copenhagen, Denmark, while the building was undergoing renovation. 26 April – Porto Alegre fire. A fire at a hotel in Porto Alegre, Brazil killed ten and injured 11. 22 May – A fire at an apartment in Hanoi, Vietnam, killed 14 people and injured six.

  9. One Meridian Plaza - Wikipedia

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    One Meridian Plaza was a 38- story high-rise office building designed by Vincent Kling & Associates. Construction on the 492 feet (150 m) tower began in 1968, was completed in 1972 and approved for occupancy in 1973. Built at the corner of 15th Street and South Penn Square in Center City, the central business district of Philadelphia, the $40 ...