A fire in an apartment building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, caused a tragedy with fatalities on Wednesday, according to the local Fire Department, which has not yet specified the death toll, although reports in the local press mention that there could be as many as 13 .
An adult and a minor have been hospitalized for injuries sustained in the fire that broke out overnight in the Fairmount neighborhood, an affluent area famous for its museums.
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Emergency crews arrived at the scene around 6:40 a.m. (Eastern Time) and “found a severe fire coming from the second floor of a three-story house.
It took 50 minutes to control the fire ”, explained the firefighters on the social network Twitter.
The building is divided into two apartments, according to the local press, and the flames could have started on the second floor, according to sources cited by the Fox 29 television channel.
With information from
Fox 29
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CBS
