Philadelphia Fire News 2022. Philadelphia fire officials tweeted that they responded to a fire Wednesday morning surging from the second floor of a. Two others were injured, reported WPVI-TV.
The fire was brought under control after less than an hour. Keep up with the news by installing RT's extension for Chrome. Eight people managed to escape and a child and an adult were taken to hospital.
Relatives and friends of the home's residents gathered at a nearby elementary school to wait for news, some wrapped in Salvation Army blankets.
Television news footage showed ladders propped up against the smoke-blackened front of the house.
Philadelphia fire officials tweeted that they responded to a fire Wednesday morning surging from the second floor of a. 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 This is a developing story and will be updated. The Philadelphia Fire Department says the cause of the fire is not yet known.