Philadelphia House Fire Today 2022. The Philadelphia Fire Department said it responded to a fire on Wednesday morning in the Fairmount neighborhood, and spent almost an hour bringing it under control. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A large house fire in Philadelphia early Wednesday caused fatalities, according to authorities, who declined to say how many people died.
Officials said at a news conference later in the morning that there were four smoke detectors in the building but that none were operating. A fire that engulfed a house in Philadelphia's Fairmount neighborhood was fatal, according to the city's Fire Department. Philadelphia fire officials tweeted that they responded to a fire Wednesday morning surging from the second floor of a three-story row house that officials say proved fatal.
They included seven children who were unable to escape after fire detectors failed to go off.
Two other people were left in critical condition from the flames.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A large house fire in Philadelphia early Wednesday caused fatalities, according to authorities, who declined to say how many people died. Officials said at a news conference later in the morning that there were four smoke detectors in the building but that none were operating. The house had been converted into two apartments, police said.