December 12, 2023
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One woman died in a fire inside The Philadelphian condominium complex in Fairmount on Monday night, fire officials say. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
A fire inside a condominium complex near the Philadelphia Museum of Art left a woman dead on Monday night, fire officials said.
The fire began at 11 p.m. inside the woman's 14th-floor unit at the Philadelphian in Fairmount, according to 6ABC. The woman was rushed to the hospital after being found by firefighters, but she did not survive. Her name has not been released, but fire officials said she was in her 40s.
No other serious injuries were reported, authorities said.
The 776-unit Philadelphian, at 2401 Pennsylvania Ave., is one of the largest apartment buildings in the city. The blaze left about six units with water and smoke damage, fire officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Ladder 1 – which reopened Monday after being decommissioned for nearly 15 years – was the first to respond to the fire.
The Francisville fire station is among three Philadelphia fire stations that are reopening due to a $22.4 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Earlier Monday, President Joe Biden visited the station to celebrate its reopening.
During his remarks, Biden said Ladder 1 would have been the closest station to the Fairmount fire that killed 12 people in January 2022. That blaze originated on the top floor of a rowhome on the 800 block of North 23rd Street and spread across the building's two units, Three women and nine children died.
Engine 6 in Fishtown and Ladder 11 in South Philly also are reopening. All three stations closed in 2009.
