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Philly Twin House Fire Injures 12 People, Two Critically

June 25, 2019

A boy, 12, suffered burns over 30 percent of his body and others were hurt jumping from the upper floors of the three-story home in Philadelphia’s Logan section early Tuesday.

By Joseph A. Gambardello

Source The Philadelphia Inquirer

At least 12 people were injured—including a 12-year-old boy who suffered burns over 30 percent of his body—in a Philadelphia twin home fire early Tuesday.

A fire that burned through a twin house in Philadelphia’s Logan section early Tuesday injured at least 12 people, two of them critically, officials said.

Firefighters were conducting a secondary search of the house on the 4900 block of North 12 Street to see if there were any other victims inside.

The injured included children, among them a 12-year-old boy who reportedly suffered burns over 30 percent of his body.

Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel told reporters at the scene that firefighters confronted a “chaotic” situation on arrival about 4:30 a.m. and did not immediately know if the victims were related to each other.

Some of the injured were hurt jumping from upper floors of the three-story building to escape the flames, officials said.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

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