Three people have been hospitalized after an early morning fire tore through several rowhomes in Philadelphia’s Holmesburg neighborhood.
Firefighters battled a fire that sent flames and smoke pouring from the windows of a rowhome in Northeast Philadelphia's Holmesburg section, early Monday before it was extinguished.
According to the Philadelphia Fire Department, around 60 firefighters responded to a fire at a rowhome along the 4700 block of Shelmire Avenue, just after 5:30 a.m.
On Monday morning, SkyForce10 caught images of firefighters on the roof of a rowhome as flames could be seen pouring out of a second floor window.
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Officials said the fire was placed under control before 6:30 a.m.
Three people were hurt and taken to the hospital and a dog was killed in this fire that left seven people displaced, officials said.
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Officials have not yet revealed their conditions or the the extent of the damage.
An investigation, officials said, is ongoing.
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