A man died following a house fire in North Philadelphia early Friday morning.
The fire started around 4:45 a.m. at a home on the 2300 block of West Somerset Street. Responding firefighters placed the flames under control at 5:05 a.m.
One man was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. A fire official told NBC10 the victim died from cardiac arrest. Officials have not yet revealed his identity or the cause of the fire.
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