Six Children Left Alone in Home Perish in Fire
<i> Reuters</i>
PHILADELPHIA —
Six children left alone in a South Philadelphia row house died in a brief but intense fire early Sunday morning.
Two children, a 9-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy, escaped with minor injuries, said a spokesman for the Fire Marshal’s office.
The children’s mother had just left the house before the fire broke out. No charges have been filed.
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