Fire In Philadelphia Today 2022. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Thirteen people died in Philadelphia Wednesday morning in a fire that broke out in a three-story home that was converted into apartments, according to a law enforcement official.
The Philadelphia Fire Department described it as a "fatal fire" without giving further details, saying officials would hold a news briefing later Wednesday morning near the house in the East Coast city's Fairmount neighborhood. He added that eight other residents had managed to escape the building. The fire occurred in a house that had been converted into two apartments, Officer Miguel Torres with the Philadelphia Police Department told USA TODAY.
Thirteen people died in Philadelphia Wednesday morning in a fire that broke out in a three-story home that was converted into apartments, according to a law enforcement official.
Officials said at a news conference later in the morning that there were four smoke detectors in the building but that none.
Multiple people were killed in a fire Wednesday morning in a house in Philadelphia's Fairmount section. The cause of the fire has not yet been revealed but is under investigation. The Philadelphia Fire Department says the cause of the fire is not yet known.