Thirteen people — including seven children — died Wednesday morning in a fire at a three-story row home in Philadelphia that was converted into two apartments, officials said. Firefighters responded to flames around 6:40 a.m. Wednesday at the row house at 869 N. 23rd Street in the city’s Fairmount neighborhood. Live updates: At least 13 dead in fire at Philadelphia row homeFirefighters found “heavy fire” in a kitchen area in front of the second floor, and there was “nothing slowing that fire from moving,” Philadelphia Deputy Fire Commissioner Craig Murphy said. “That’s a house that has a lot of kids,” Hull told WPVI. One of the apartments, the “A unit,” had seven smoke detectors and three carbon monoxide detectors at its last inspection, Indala said.

Source: CNN January 05, 2022 15:55 UTC