Fatal fire breaks out at Philadelphia row house

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(PHILADELPHIA) — A “fatal fire” erupted at a Philadelphia row house Wednesday morning, the city’s fire department said.

“Preliminary information indicates companies arrived at 6:40 a.m. and found heavy fire coming from the second floor of a three-story rowhouse,” the Philadelphia Fire Department tweeted. “It took 50 minutes to place the fire under control.”

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