A half dozen people including four children were hurt after a fire broke out in an Olney-section home Monday morning.
The blaze broke out just before 3:45 a.m. on the 200 block of W Albanus Street. Philadelphia firefighters arrived to find heavy flames pouring from the first floor of a home.
Firefighters say a 6-year-old boy suffered third-degree burns to his body and his face. He was taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, according to authorities.
Three other kids in that same home were hurt as was an adult woman at the home, according to firefighters.
One child was in critical condition and three other kids were in non-critical condition at St. Christopher’s, according to Deputy Fire Chief Michael Wahl.
The fire would spread to four other homes, only one of which was occupied.
Firefighters say a woman from a neighboring home was also hurt. She suffered leg fractures after possibly jumping out of a second-floor window.
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Both women injured were in stable condition at Einstein Hospital, Wahl said.
The fire was placed under control as of 4:15 a.m.
Firefighters say that there was no smoke detector in the house where the blaze began.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation as possibly being suspicious, according to the Fire Marshall's Office.
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