Four family members -- including an 8-year-old boy who suffered burns to 60% of his body -- were injured in a house fire that took place in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood early Tuesday, fire officials said.
According to officials with the Philadelphia Fire Department, crews responded to a home along the 4300 block of Griscom Street at about 1:41 a.m. Tuesday to find a home engulfed in flames and a boy trapped inside the building.
Fire crews were able to get the boy out of the fire and he was taken to a nearby hospital where he was listed in critical condition, officials said.
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Also, officials said, a 25-year-old man, the boy's father, was taken to the hospital and listed in critical condition, as well.
Two others, the boy's 25-year-old mother and seven-month-old infant brother were taken to the hospital where they were listed in stable condition, police said.
An investigation into this incident, officials said, is still ongoing.
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