Jim’s Steaks badly damaged by blaze as more than 100 firefighters battle to save building


Firefighters finally had a blaze at Jim’s Steaks in South Philadelphia under control Friday afternoon, several hours after it broke out and weaved through the popular cheesesteak joint's heating and cooling system.

More than 100 firefighters responded to the blaze and they had a hard time putting it out because of difficult to access flames snaking through the building's HVAC system, Philadelphia Fire Department Commissioner Adam Thiel said at a press conference shortly before 2 p.m. Eventually,…

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