The number of Philadelphia residents to have died in fires has reached a two-year-high, leaving firefighters struggling to find ways to extinguish the growing trend.
As of this writing, more than 40 city residents have died in fires this year with more than 2 weeks remaining. Firefighters from the Philadelphia Fire Department are trying everything they can to prevent deadly blazes from sparking, including slashing its backlog of free smoke detector installations to under 200.
"Insure everyone has a working smoke detector, one on every level, one in all bedrooms that's a first step and a safe practice," Assistant Fire Chief Richard Davidson said. As the year draws to a close, firefighters in North Philadelphia say an early Monday morning fire on the 2400 block of West Seybert Street claimed one life and forced another person to jump to safety. Less than 24-hours prior, firefighter in Frankford found a man's body after extinguishing a house fire.
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