Man fatally injured in Upper Darby fire was a longtime firefighter

Man killed in Drexel Hill apartment blaze identified as longtime firefighter

The man who died in a Drexel Hill, Pa. apartment building blaze has been identified as a longtime firefighter.

Man fatally injured in Upper Darby fire was a longtime firefighter

The victim of Saturday’s apartment fire was a longtime Lansdowne firefighter. Lansdowne Fire Company announced Monday that longtime member Tony Rowley, 58, was the victim of the Saturday morning blaze at Llanerch Place Apartments on Township Line Road in Upper Darby. In a post on social media, officials said Rowley had been recently dealing with medical issues and was at his apartment when the fire struck. His wife, Anne, also suffered severe in…

Veteran firefighter killed in apartment building fire in Upper Darby

A veteran firefighter was killed in a weekend fire that injured seven others in Upper Darby’s Drexel Hill neighborhood, officials said. The fire started on Saturday, Dec. 20, around 11 a.m., on the second floor of an apartment building along the 3200 block of Township Line Road. One of the residents, Raymond Erwin, told NBC10 that he, his girlfriend, their dog, and a few neighbors — including children — were desperately trying to escape from the…