Joyce Craig Lewis is the first female member of the Philadelphia Fire Department to die in the line of duty. She was part of a three-member hose team sent to attack the fire inside a home in the city's West Oak Lane neighborhood at about 3 a.m. Tuesday, fire commissioner Derrick Sawyer said.
Craig Lewis, an 11-year veteran and mother of two, could not escape and issued a mayday call, officials said. Firefighters raced back inside and found the 36-year-old unconscious with no vital signs, Sawyer said.