Two Phildelphia firefighters die battling Kensington warehouse blaze

A old Thomas W. Buck hosiery building took up nearly a full block in Kinsington and was suppose to be turned into 81 apartment buildings several years ago. but instead it was sat vacant. People on the block complained they about the dangerous conditions, stating that the building would burn down one day. The people who owned the building were from New York and took up unpaid tax bills and ignored code violations. In February the city tried to put the property up for sheriff sale, which would possibly take months. Even though precaution's were made in the end it was just to late to prevent an avoidable situation. A fire started in this building taking the lives of two firemen. This happened on a Monday morning and a call was made about 5 am claiming the fire was completely out of control. But the warehouse fire alarm went out about 3:15 am. 3 firefighters where trapped in the building because something had fell on them. The firefighters were injured but were reported to be okay. The two fire fighters who were reported to be dead were ages 25 and 60. Flames ripped through out the buildings windows and multi floors. Police had to bang on doors to get near by neighbors out of harm. No one was reported to be injured or dead that lived on the Kensington block. 5 fighters were in the building when it collapsed, it took hours to get them all out safely. I think this is an ironic event and i feel bad for the families of two fire men who died to prevent a fire from over taking the Kensington Neighborhood.