Two people are dead following an apartment fire that began at 6451 Oxford Ave. in Philadelphia 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Both residents killed in the fire used wheelchairs.
Lynn Scripnicencu, 56, and Gerald Hooper, 75, were found dead in the first floor apartment after firefighters got the blaze under control 9:27 a.m.
About 20 residents were evacuated from the building in time. A maintenance worker was hospitalized with smoke inhalation.
Investigators say Scripnicencu was found unconscious near the door of the first-floor apartment in Northeast Philadelphia. She was transported dead at a hospital.
The fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.