Photos: Neighbors, Firefighters, Officials Grieve After Fire Kills 12 in Philly
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A fire ripped through a rowhome in Philadelphia Jan. 5, killing 12 people, including eight children, in two apartments. Seven of the victims were children. The fire tied for the sixth-deadliest U.S. residential fire since 1980, according to nonprofit National Fire Protection Association. Neighbors, firefighters and officials were overcome with grief at the scene.
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A Philadelphia firefighter works at the scene of a deadly rowhouse fire, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia.
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Residents embrace near the scene of a fatal fire in the Fairmount neighborhood. The fire killed 13 people, including seven children, in a Philadelphia rowhouse on Wednesday morning, officials said.
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Crews responded around 6:40 a.m. and saw flames shooting from the second-floor front windows of the home.
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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney was in tears at a news conference near the scene of the deadly rowhouse fire.
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Philadelphia firefighters and police work at the scene of a deadly rowhouse fire in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia. Firefighters and police responded to the fatal fire at a three-story rowhouse in around 6:40 a.m. and found flames coming from the second-floor windows, fire officials said.
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Philadelphia firefighters at the scene of a fire in a crowded rowhome that killed 13 people, seven of them children.
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Philadelphia Deputy Fire Commissioner Craig Murphy speaks during a news conference near the scene of a deadly rowhouse fire.
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Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney pauses while speaking at a news conference.
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Philadelphia firefighters at the scene.
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Residents embrace at the scene of a deadly fire in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood. Thirteen people, including seven children, died when a fire tore through a converted three-story house.
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A woman wrapped in a blanket near the scene.
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Firefighter paramedics work at the scene.
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The neighborhood is close-knit and neighbors came to help those rescued.
