Overview
- Firefighters responded around 1 a.m. to the 3400 block of Hope Street in North Philadelphia for a rowhome blaze.
- Crews found heavy smoke on both floors, located the fire in the first-floor rear, and removed three occupants during a search-and-rescue.
- A 6-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy were taken to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a 45-year-old woman to Temple University Hospital, where all were pronounced dead.
- Philadelphia fire officials report the home did not have working smoke detectors.
- Authorities have not released the victims’ identities, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.