FOX 29's Chris O'Connell reports on this afternoon's storms causing a deadly fire in Delaware County. PHILADELPHIA - At least four people have died after separate incidents related to a line of powerful storms that bowled over most over the region on Wednesday afternoon.
Officials in Montgomery County are reporting three fatalities and a number of serious fires in the wake of the storms that brought heavy rain and damaging winds.
In Delaware County, authorities say a man died after strong, straight-line winds knocked live power lines onto a home, causing the home to catch fire.
A second man was able to escape the home. Storms began to move into the Delaware Valley during the late morning hours. Areas to the west of the city in Montgomery