PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A house fire in Chester, Delaware County, left a man in critical condition.
It happened around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday on Jeffrey Street, near Route 13. Firefighters found heavy smoke and hoarding conditions inside the home.
“Hoarding conditions — I mean, it’s tough to move around just in normal conditions. But when you have a fire and the house is filled with smoke and there’s zero visibility, it just makes the job 10 times harder,” said Chester Fire Commissioner John Paul Shirley.
It took about an hour and a half to get the fire under control.
