When police arrived, they said 27-year-old Isaac Zayas was sitting on the porch, locked inside the porch gates, which officers had to break into.

Antonio Rodriguez, a member of The Philadelphia Fire Department for 18 years, has been identified as the man who was found dead in a home in Holmesburg. Police have arrested the victim's relative in connection with the case.

A homicide investigation is underway after a Philadelphia firefighter was found dead inside a rowhome in Holmesburg, sources say.

A man has been charged with killing his uncle, a Philadelphia firefighter, early Wednesday morning, according to police. Isaac Zayas, 27, of East Oak Lane, was arrested Wednesday morning after police responded to a report of a disturbance on the 4700 block of Shelmire Avenue, in the city’s Holmesburg section.

Philadelphia Police identified the man accused of killing a Philadelphia firefighter in Holmesburg on Wednesday. Isaac Zayas, 27, has been charged with murdering Antonio Rodriguez. Rodriguez was an 18-year veteran of the Philadelphia Fire Department.

Police have apprehended 27-year-old Isaac Zayas, in the death of Antonio Rodriguez, an off-duty firefighter who was killed in a Northeast Philly home.

A Philadelphia firefighter was killed in the city’s Holmesburg section early Wednesday morning, police said. The 56-year-old man, identified as Antonio Rodriguez, was found dead inside a home on the 4700 block of Shelmire Avenue shortly before 4 a.m. when police responded to a report of a disturbance.

One person is in the hospital after a fire broke out at a twin home down the street from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, according to the city's fire department. The Philadelphia Fire Department was called out to the 9400 block of Kirkwood Road in Northeast Philly shortly after 1:45 p.

A twin home in Northeast Philadelphia partially collapsed on Friday as firefighters worked to control a fire that sent white smoke into the air.

The Fire Marshal's Office is working to determine the cause of a fire that led a portion of a home to collapse in Northeast Philly Friday.

The mother was in crisis, threatening to kill her young daughter and herself. She told a Philadelphia Department of Human Services worker that her children did not deserve to be on this planet — then she lunged at her visitor,

Investigators say an armored truck driver opened fire on two would-be robbers outside a Philadelphia Wawa on Friday morning.