{"id":244032,"date":"2026-07-15T15:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/244032\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:03:17","slug":"firefighters-battle-massive-fire-in-darby-pennsylvania-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/244032\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters battle massive fire in Darby, Pennsylvania \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters responded to a massive fire in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>The fire started in an area that appeared to be a scrapyard or junkyard at Industrial Drive and Hook Road in Darby. SkyForce10 was over the scene shortly before 10:30 a.m. and captured flames as well as large plumes of black smoke.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/South-Philly-fire-7-15-26.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Officials have not yet revealed the cause of the fire or if anyone was injured. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DarbyTownship21\/posts\/pfbid02pqjkTegXHHMS29vMsfv9bxvBYErvG5aHdHto99K1yCok5G6nQpEHuBdDTAroidaol\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DarbyTownship21\/posts\/pfbid02pqjkTegXHHMS29vMsfv9bxvBYErvG5aHdHto99K1yCok5G6nQpEHuBdDTAroidaol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Darby Township officials warned residents<\/a> to avoid the area, keep their windows and doors shut and call 911 immediately in case of emergency.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Philadelphia also alerted residents in nearby Southwest Philadelphia to take precautions and avoid unnecessary exposure to smoke. The Philadelphia Health Department also shared the following recommendations:<\/p>\n<p>Avoid going outdoors as much as possible<\/p>\n<p>If you must go outside, avoid excessive activity, such as jogging or running, and wear a mask, if available.<\/p>\n<p>Close all windows and doors to minimize air pollution in your home.<\/p>\n<p>Recirculate air with fans to avoid bringing more air pollution into your home<\/p>\n<p>This story is developing. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters responded to a massive fire in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday. The fire started in an area&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,69],"class_list":["post-244032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-philadelphia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244032","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=244032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}