4 adults injured, 1 jumped from window to escape rowhome fire in Philadelphia

Wednesday, May 1, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Four adults are hospitalized after escaping a fire in Philadelphia's Hunting Park section Wednesday morning.

The fire broke out at around 7 a.m. at a home along the 1000 block of W. Erie Avenue, near N. 10th Street.
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Officials said four adults were rescued and that one suffered serious cuts to her leg from shattered glass after jumping through a window on the first floor to escape.

Three others climbed to the roof and then made it out by climbing through a neighbor's top-floor window, officials said.

Two of them have been hospitalized for smoke inhalation and one for a back injury.
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Fire officials are working to determine the cause and whether smoke alarms were operating.
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