Overview
- Firefighters responded around 1 a.m. to the 3400 block of Hope Street in the Hunting Park section of North Philadelphia.
- Crews encountered heavy smoke on both floors and found the fire concentrated in the first-floor rear of the home.
- A 45-year-old woman, a 6-year-old girl, and a 5-year-old boy were rescued from the home during a search-and-rescue operation.
- The children were taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital and the woman to Temple University Hospital, where hospital staff pronounced all three dead.
- Authorities have not released the victims’ identities, and fire investigators are continuing to examine the cause.