Officials expect to release the preliminary findings of their review as early as this week.
Philadelphia fire kills a dozen peoplePHILDELPHIA — Investigators have finished collecting physical evidence at the site of the rowhouse fire in Fairmount that killed 12 people, and officials expect to release the preliminary findings of their review as early as this week.
Management of the scene was turned over to the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections, a Fire Department spokesperson said. Officials with the Philadelphia Housing Authority, which owns and operates the three-story duplex, were also on scene securing the property along the 800 block of N. 23rd St.
The city has not yet identified the victims, and a spokesperson for the Medical Examiner’s Office said it won’t release the causes of death until the Fire Department’s investigation concludes. Fire officials have not said how long that investigation could last. Members of the family lived in the apartment for about a decade, and 14 people were listed on the lease for the four-bedroom apartment, PHA records show. There were six working smoke detectors in the unit at the time of its most recent inspection last spring, according to the agency. But First Deputy Fire Commissioner Craig Murphy said Wednesday that at least some of those alarms did not sound.
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