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PHOTOS: Fatal fire in Southwest Philadelphia

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Sunday, July 6, 2014
Philadelphia firefighters work on burned row homes on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Two 4-year-old twins Marie and Maria Boawah both died when a 3-alarm fire tore through a rowhome in Southwest Philadelphia on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Brothers 4-year-old Patrick Sanyeah and 1-month-old Taj Jacque both died when a 3-alarm fire tore through a rowhome in Southwest Philadelphia on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Philadelphia firefighters working on burned row homes on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia firefighters work on burned row homes on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia firefighters watch as a front wall collapses from a burned row home on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia firefighters walk past burned row homes on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Philadelphia after a fast-moving row house fire early Saturday left four children dead.
Officials say four children are dead after eight homes went up in flames in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
Officials say four children are dead after eight homes went up in flames in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
Officials say four children are dead after eight homes went up in flames in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
Officials say four children are dead after eight homes went up in flames in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
Officials say four children are dead after eight homes went up in flames in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
Officials say four children are dead after eight homes went up in flames in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
Officials say four children are dead after eight homes went up in flames in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
Officials say four children are dead after eight homes went up in flames in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
Officials say four children are dead after eight homes went up in flames in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
Officials say four children are dead after eight homes went up in flames in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
Officials say four children are dead after eight homes went up in flames in Southwest Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
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Philadelphia firefighters work on burned row homes on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
(AP Photo/Michael Perez)

Four children were killed when a 3-alarm fire broke out in Southwest Philadelphia.

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