Firefighter hurt in West Philadelphia house fire

WEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Philadelphia firefighter is hospitalized and a mother and her six children out their homes after a fast-moving house fire.

The blaze was reported at 11:45 p.m. Saturday at a home in the 1200 block of North 55th Street.

Action News is told flames ripped through the basement and first floor.

A firefighter was hurt when he felt through some collapsing stairs.

He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital and is expected to be okay.

The fire burned for a half hour before crews got the upper hand.

The cause is under investigation.