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Four-alarm Fire at NE Fitness Club; 2 Teen Brothers Shot; Leg Found Belongs to Bridge Jumper

by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/06/17 5:30 pm | updated: 03/06/17 5:30 pm

A four-alarm fire broke out at the Aquahab Physical Therapy Center adjacent to the AFC Fitness Center in Northeast Philadelphia this morning. It started at 11 a.m. on the 3600 block of Grant Avenue at Fordham Road. Work was being done on the roof at the time. Workers were using a blow torch for welding and caused the fire. The blaze quickly took over the building. Around 100 people were inside the facility at the time. Only one person was injured. They were taken to Aria-Torresdale Hospital for treatment. See video of the fire below.

The two teen brothers who were shot in Southwest Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon have been identified. 16-year-old Zybrii Davis remains in critical condition at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after being shot in the face. 19-year-old Sybrii David died shortly after arriving at Penn Presbyterian Hosptial. He was shot twice under the left arm. It happened just before 2:30 p.m. on the 8100 block of Lyons Avenue. The brothers were discovered in a white car. They had been fleeing the gunfire, lost control of the vehicle, and crashed into a pole. Police are investigating what led to the shooting and are searching for suspect.

Authorities are saying that a human leg found washed up along the shore of the Delaware River in New Jersey last week belongs to a man who jumped from the Girard Point Bridge last December. The man's family had reported him missing in December. The Coast Guard discovered his upper body on February 16th near the double-decker bridge that carries I-95 over the Schuylkill River. On February 26th, a woman walking her dog near the Delaware River in National Park, NJ, discovered one severed leg. The other leg has not been found. Police say that boat propellers from a large ship probably cut the legs off. They are performing DNA tests to confirm the identity.

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