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Armed man in custody after holding hostages at Pa. firehouse

An armed suspect believed to be a former firefighter was apprehended on Tuesday after taking four firefighters hostage inside a suburban Philadelphia firehouse, officials said.

Reports of an armed suspect at the LaMott Fire Company in Cheltenham Township, about 13 miles north of Philadelphia, came in to authorities at 10:40 a.m., said John Corcoran, spokesman for the Montgomery County Department of Public Safety.

About an hour later, a suspect was taken into custody, officials said.

No one was injured in the incident.

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