Projects: Beyond the Flames: BTF-1

The fire at the Wade property, an illeagal chemical dump beneath the Commodore Barry Bridge in Chester, burns into the night on Februarly 2, 1978. Over 200 firefighters and emergency workers repsonded to the blaze.Photograph by Al Schell / The Philadelphia Bulletin

The fire at the Wade property, an illeagal chemical dump beneath the Commodore Barry Bridge in Chester, burns into the night on Februarly 2, 1978. Over 200 firefighters and emergency workers repsonded to the blaze.Photograph by Al Schell / The Philadelphia Bulletin