Neighbors told first responders that a woman jumped from a window to escape, while a man next door helped occupants to safety.
Philadelphia fire crews at the scene of a fatal fire on 1900 block of Dennie Street on Wednesday morning.One man is dead and five others — including an infant — were injured after a rowhouse caught fire in Nicetown early Wednesday morning.
Flames had engulfed a rowhouse on the 1900 block of Dennie Street just after 2 a.m., the Philadelphia Fire Department and police confirmed. First responders encountered “heavy fire” on the first floor and “smoke throughout” the three-story residence, Assistant Fire ChiefA dozen people were inside at the time of the fire, with next-door neighbors helping four children and three adults escape, according to a fire department spokesperson.
The fire department also transported a 38-year-old woman to Temple University Hospital, where she is in critical condition “with serious injuries,” Bannan said. Neighbors told first responders that they watched her jumpA 33-year-old man is also in critical condition at Temple University Hospital, according to police. A 19-year-old woman and infant were also hospitalized, the fire department spokesperson said. Their conditions were not known.
Flames did not spread to the neighboring rowhouses, said the fire department spokesperson, but fire marshals are still investigating the fire’s cause. Bannan told reporters that first responders did not hear smoke alarms when they arrived on the scene, but the alarms could’ve already been damaged by the blaze.
Eleven people have been displaced by the fire — including the four who are hospitalized — the fire department spokesperson said.Advertisement
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