Residents continued showing up to the city’s salt storage facility on Parkside Avenue for hours on Saturday night after false social media posts claimed Philadelphia was giving away free salt at the location.
A Streets Department truck and barricades were positioned at the entrance, along with signs reading “No Salt,” as workers turned people away.
The department issued a notice on social media saying the city was not distributing salt and that it had been made aware of “misinformed” posts circulating online…