Philly Rowhouse Fire Kills One, Injures Two
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Nov. 11--A man is dead and two other people are hospitalized following a fire early today in a Juniata Park rowhouse, official said.
Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers told reporters at the scene that the home on the 4500 block of Pennhurst Street did not have a smoke detector.
A 40-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man were reported in stable condition at Temple University Hospital, where they were being treated for smoke inhalation, officials said.
Firefighters responded to the blaze at 1:05 a.m. declared it under control 15 minutes later.
The dead male was found in a third-floor bedroom, officials said.
The cause of the fire, which apparently started on the first floor, is under investigation.
The Red Cross in the meantime said it is assisting seven people, including two children, following a fire Thursday night in West Philadelphia.
Four rowhouses, two of them vacant, were damaged in the 9 p.m. blaze on the 200 block of North Ruby Street, officials said.