June 12, 2015
A fast-moving house fire in Northeast Philadelphia left one person dead and another hospitalized Friday morning, 6ABC reports.
The fire was reported at 7:29 a.m. at a home in the 600 block of Avon St. in Somerton, officials said. Firefighters were able to place the fire under control in less than 20 minutes.
The adult daughter of the couple living in the home was found in a bathroom and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to 6ABC.
The mother was taken to Aria Health/Torresdale in critical condition, 6ABC reports. The father, who was in the basement when the fire broke out, managed to escape alive.
According to officials, there were no working smoke detectors in the home.
The fire remains under investigation.
