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Attempting to Extinguish the MOVE Fire

Firefighters attempted to douse the raging fire on May 13, 1985, but city officials had already allowed the fire to burn to the point that it could no longer be contained.

Neighborhoods
Cobbs Creek
Decades
1980s
Groups and Organizations
MOVE
1985
Street Address
62nd and Pine Streets
Attribution/Credit

The Philadelphia Inquirer and Temple University Urban Archives