Officials say 4 are dead, including 3 children in rowhome fire that broke out in Kensington early Sunday morning.
A 38-year-old woman was able to escape the flames and jumped out a window. She was taken to Temple University Hospital to be treated for burns.
Action News spoke with neighbor Angle Rivera who says the mom, who officials identified as a 38-year-old woman, was the only one to survive.But Rivera says he lost his best friend in the fire. "He told her to make yourself out. Basically jump out the window, and I'll go out with the kids. Those were his last words," said Rivera as he described his conversation with the woman.A woman told Action News her husband is the man's brother who didn't make it. He was too shaken up to speak.
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