{"id":213588,"date":"2026-06-08T11:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/213588\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T11:34:07","slug":"roosevelt-blvd-back-open-in-philadelphias-olney-section-after-deadly-multi-alarm-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/213588\/","title":{"rendered":"Roosevelt Blvd. back open in Philadelphia&#8217;s Olney section after deadly multi-alarm house fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roosevelt Boulevard is back open Monday after a multi-alarm house fire in Philadelphia&#8217;s Olney section left one dead, several injured and a dozen displaced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man&#8217;s body was found in the rubble, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Due to the incident, W. Roosevelt Blvd. southbound lanes were closed between N . Front and N. Mascher street, but has since been reopened to traffic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/traffic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest traffic in your area, click here.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest traffic in your area, click here.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">For the latest traffic in your area, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Neighbors told Action News that squatters have been seen in the vacant home before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crews responded to the 100 block of Roosevelt Boulevard around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday. When they arrived, firefighters found heavy fire through the second floor of the home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fire struck a second alarm just after midnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Neighbors say they saw a man being rescued from a third-floor window of the house next door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Action News has been told the house was unoccupied at the time of the fire but is attached to another home where the displaced people live.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chopper 6 was over the scene, where the charred remains of the building could be seen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chopper 6 over fatal fire in Philadlephia&#8217;s Olney section<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man who escaped from the house said the building is broken up into four units and that a number of those residents have been injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials say four people, including a member of the firefighting team, have been injured and 12 people have been displaced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Those injured were taken to local hospitals for smoke inhalation. They are all said to be in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There has been no word on what caused the fire but the fire marshal is investigating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roosevelt Boulevard is back open Monday after a multi-alarm house fire in Philadelphia&#8217;s Olney section left one dead,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[900,25505,5612,69,71,70,38235],"class_list":["post-213588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-action-news","tag-fire-marshal","tag-house-fire","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-roosevelt-boulevard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}