House Fire In Philadelphia 2022. More than a dozen people, including several children, died on Wednesday when fire broke out at a row house in Philadelphia's Fairmount neighborhood Firefighters arrived at the three-story property at about dawn and found heavy smoke coming from the second floor of the home, which is owned by the. Two others were injured, reported WPVI-TV.
Officials said at a news conference later in the morning that there were four smoke detectors in the building but that none. A fire that engulfed a house in Philadelphia's Fairmount neighborhood was fatal, according to the city's Fire Department. Philadelphia firefighters work at the scene of a deadly row house fire (Picture: AP).
Officials said at a news conference later in the morning that there were four smoke detectors in the building but that none.
The four smoke alarms in the building, which was public housing, do not appear to have been.
More than a dozen people, including several children, died on Wednesday when fire broke out at a row house in Philadelphia's Fairmount neighborhood Firefighters arrived at the three-story property at about dawn and found heavy smoke coming from the second floor of the home, which is owned by the. They included seven children who were unable to escape after fire detectors failed to go off. Two others were injured, reported WPVI-TV.