An elderly man is dead after a house fire in Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon, police announce.
According to police, officers and fire crews responded to a house fire on the 2300 block of E. Lehigh Ave. at 1:35 p.m.
Police said a 84-year-old man was found inside on the first floor unresponsive. Medics pronounced him dead at 1:42 p.m.
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The fire was placed under control around 2 p.m.
The man's identity has not been revealed.
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