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Location in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia
Photo: Matt Rourke / AP
The facade is blackened by soot, fire department ladders protrude into the windows: According to the fire department, at least 13 people were killed in a fire in a residential building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Seven of them were children.
A spokesman for the emergency services described the situation as "dynamic" and there could be more deaths.
The broadcasters NBC and Fox News had previously reported, citing fire and police sources, of at least two other critically injured people.
The fire broke out in the morning at around 6:40 a.m. (local time) for an unexplained cause in the middle floor of a three-story row house in the Fairmount district, the fire department said on Twitter.
Accordingly, the fire was largely under control after around 50 minutes.
Now the cause of the fire is being investigated, said the spokesman.
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