Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fire officials in Petersburg are crediting an historic church's alarm system with potentially saving the building after a heater ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with information about a Red Cross shelter opening for residents. POTTSTOWN — An early-morning fire gutted a historic vacant church at the corner of Chestnut ...

POTTSTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- Firefighters battled a five-alarm fire that broke out early Friday at a vacant church in Pottstown, Montgomery County, forcing evacuations of nearby homes. It happened at the ...

A fire broke out at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Petersburg due to a malfunctioning heater. The church's alarm system alerted fire officials, which they credit with potentially saving the historic ...