'We have a fire problem in this city.' Another person has died in a fire that tore through a Philadelphia home.
Philadelphia firefighters rushed to Seybert Street, near North 25th Street, in the Brewerytown neighborhood just after 4 a.m. to find flames coming from the first floor of a rowhome, Philadelphia Fire Capt. Derek Bowmer said.
Firefighters found a person dead on the first floor of the home, Bowmer said. A man who lives in the home escaped and was being treated for smoke inhalation.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.This was at least the 40th fire fatality in the city in 2022 and the second just this weekend, Bowmer said.
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