Extreme heat created dangerous conditions across the region Thursday, prompting event cancellations, an emergency response in Berks County and heat-related injuries among first responders battling a major fire in Wilmington, Delaware.
Queen Latifah had been scheduled to perform on Independence Mall as part of semiquincentennial celebrations in Philadelphia, but organizers canceled the event because of the extreme temperatures.
The effects of the heat were evident elsewhere in the region, including in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, where a large crowd gathered to watch Union Pacific’s historic Big Boy locomotive pass through on its way to Philadelphia…