2 men escape Point Breeze fire

Sunday, November 6, 2016
POINT BREEZE (WPVI) -- Two residents managed to escape a house fire in the Point Breeze section of Philadelphia.

The fire started around 4:15 a.m. Sunday in a three-story row home on the 1300 block of South 16th street.
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The two men in the home got out before firefighters arrived.

One of the men is being treated in the hospital for smoke inhalation.
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People living in the two neighboring homes were evacuated as a precaution.

Investigators are working to figure out what caused the fire.
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