- City
- Philadelphia
- County
- Philadelphia
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Location
- 300 block of East Lehigh Avenue near Kensington Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
- Category
- Fire and crash
- Severity
- high
- Priority
- high
- Occurred On
- 2026-10-08 05:00:00
- Published On
- 2026-10-08 07:22:00
- Source Records
- 1
- Source
- Deadly crash, gas-fed fire at U-Haul facility in Kensington
Summary
An SUV struck a U-Haul facility, damaged a gas line and ignited a fire; the driver died and firefighters controlled the fire in about 30 minutes.
Verification
- Occurrence Confidence
- exact
- Publication Confidence
- exact
- Verification Status
- single-source
- Source Role
- local news