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At Least 13 People Killed in Philadelphia Rowhouse Fire, Including 7 Children
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I’m so sorry sending my prayers and condolences to the families. 💔😢🕊🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Maybe they shouldn’t have stole the batteries out of the smoke detectors, you think.
No!🙁
@Bill Munger They need to sell those batteries for crack!
Hey look, people died, did the vaccine save them from death?
Was this a social gathering? I don’t suppose all those people were living in that apartment.
Thirteen is my lucky number.
The 2 floors uptop was a family
Sad events .Send donations.
Do NOT send money to those people who stole the batteries from all the smoke detectors.
Horrible
Only thing horrible is that some survived.
@Bill Munger Word! I feel you!
This is unbelievable.
VERY SAD
Very sad!!!
This is what happens when you steal batteries from the smoke detectors.
Praying for the families and first responders
No, you’re not. And if you are praying. Who are you praying to and what are you praying for?
4 fire detectors not working mmmm someone out there turn them off instead of changing the batteries
13 Smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors with 10 year lithium batteries in them.
Batteries cost money. Cuts into their drug budget.
26 people in 2 apartments?! I’m sure the landlord had no idea. Terrible avoidable tragedy.
It’s clearly apparent you didn’t do research. This is a duplex, first floor was a 4 bedroom. The second apartment were the 2nd and 3rd floors. Also it’s not confirmed if ALL those people lived there. They could be family members that are visiting further holidays, children there due to Philadelphia public schools closing and going virtual and their parents have to work. Or family members falling on hard times and had to move in. Also there were 13 Smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors all together with 10 year batteries. Yet unfortunately they weren’t working. As the mayor said “don’t judge or focus on how many were living in the upstairs apartment. Focus on the fact 13 people are deceased, 7 of them children. Also the fact that the death toll may increase.
Lol so you mean to tell us that ALL the smoke detectors failed at once?
@Alexandra Jackson whole essay lmao, I didn’t judge the family’s everyone falls on hard times but there is a reason for FIRE SAFTY AND HAZZARDS are in place to stop this type of tragedy from happening and those poor babies paid the price and the SMOKE detectors where not working! Only one I’m blaming is the landlord that gets paid every month to insure the safety of thier tenants. And yeah right 18 ppl was spending the night in apartment for the holidays 🙄
18 people lived in the upper duplex and 8 people lived in the lower duplex! That’s horrifying to know that 15/18 died or are hospitalized… while 3 were not home! That’s very tragic since families are always trying to move into your home for free! I know Bc I had family constantly trying to move into our family of 4 mansion in VA. This was a fire hazard waiting to happen, in addition to ZERO smoke alarms! These people are migrants or first generation Africans or Haitians!
@Alexandra Jackson this is partially true, on the top 2 floors were a family, they were all raised in that house and were never taught to move out
Heroin.
They’re not white
I’m scared to read your response, but here goes. WTF does heroin have to do with it?? I’ll be waiting for your idiotic response 😂😂
This comment section is disrespectful
They shouldn’t have the recording of excited Lester Holt follow these tragic stories.
Complain to the manager then idk
Was this fire intentional to get the poor people out because that area is very expensive, I used to live on Wallace street which is a 1 minute walk from Fairmount and some of those homes are million dollars homes.
That is very possible
My prayers for all these people.
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One day at a time.
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Jesus christ, 18 people living in one Appartment. Truly describes the American Dream Reality
@Cyclops I know I will!
@Cyclops Republican states are generally more poor than Democrat states… so before you start promoting your Republican Terrorist Party maybe do some research
@Jarid Gaming no worries!
The American Wet Dream. The cause? Scummy landlord probably charging rent on a per person basis.
@Buddy Revell bro… I wouldn’t make fun of anybody with addiction. You have no idea how much sabotage goes into these people’s lives. From/ because the government
Good ol American poverty.😢
26 people 2 apartment means allot of bad decisions were made before this fire happened. RIP.
Blame it on Biden!!
Why are perople not responsible enough to ensure the detectors in their homes are working?????? Take some GD responsibility.
Building maintenance is responsible for those things.
@Don Hancock I lived in a condo for 5 years renting and I always checked my smoke detectors.Maintenance did always do it and I lived in a new condo complex.I also changed the heater filter.Like he said take some responsibility.
@James Fox It doesn’t take away from the fact that they are renters. The building maintenance is supposed to come and check those things every few months. You’re assuming they knew it wasn’t working.
Ban Public Housing
It is not sunny in Philadelphia today.
Talks about tragic fire that kills 13 people
Nbc video after its done: THANKS FOR WATCHING OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL…
Thats their ending to every video…more professional then just cutting to a black screen
18 people with all their belongings crammed into one apartment in the slums of Philadelphia, and it ends in tragedy? How could this be?
And exactly what is your point? The fire dept has not released the specifics as to how the fire exactly started.
condolences to the families
Dont say anything if you dont mean it
@Berca Ferca don’t say anything if its just a waist of time…. (wow, you see a a tragedy, and all you wanna do is bash pple that feel bad… pretty sad)
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People just trying to survive in these times. Breaks my heart to know people will still judge them in their darkest hour. Next time offer more than your opinion. Lord knows it took people that care about you to get you where you are today. Bless them.
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Very sad. Condolences to the families. Poor kids. RIP
Section 8
How many people can you have living in a single family unit? SMH
No smoke alarms working? Sounds like the slumlord should be arrested.
The tenants probably removed the batteries
If what they’re saying about those defective smoke detectors is true, then the landlords are at least partly responsible and culpable for these deaths. This is enraging and tragic.
@Hillary Barbetta thank God
Is was state/government owned and supposedly it was inspected last year. I live nearby and we have annual testing
@gfunk6 It’s been confirmed that all of the smoke detectors in the house were definitely not operational. The PHA claimed they replaced two of them in 2020 and claimed that they worked in May 2021. We’ll see in the weeks to come if that claim holds up. It’s odd that they’re not operational when the PHA claims they installed them in 2019. Smoke detectors aren’t supposed to fail that quickly. While anyone could tamper with a smoke detector, I have a hard time believing that all four allegedly functional detectors were purposefully tampered with by tenants in a house full of kids in the last year specifically (if we’re going by the series of events described by authorities so far), esp when there is no evidence presented at this point of any tenants being accused of safety concerns (many of them have apparently lived here since 2011). Not only that but apparently other PHA residents in the surrounding area reported other safety lapses in PHA buildings in recent years, including at least one nearby building lacking a proper fire escape (she claims she was told to jump). Apparently, the lack of a fire escape (which some report to be the case here also) may possibly have been another contributing factor here (two-family, three-story row homes aren’t required to have one by the Dpt of Licensing & Inspection apparently—don’t know why). This story gets sadder and sadder the more we find out. I really hope that the surviving family members and everyone else in the surrounding area is getting the support they deserve after this. What a devastating tragedy that should never have happened.
@Hillary Barbetta it’s been confirmed that the batteries were 10 year lithium batteries. The only way the smoke detector wouldn’t work is if the batteries were removed, so they wouldn’t go off while smoking in the room, perhaps.
@D Dd But they were in all different rooms and with one set of two on each floor. So let’s even say for the sake of argument someone took the batteries out in the kitchen and in a designated smoking area if one was there. That doesn’t explain why the other two would be disabled as well. We also don’t have any evidence of the family ever tampering with anything they shouldn’t have. They’ve been living there since 2011 (albeit the number of occupants was much lower when they first moved in). No one has reported the family committing any violations of tenant responsibilities. Reports so far suggest that they were very transparent about the number of people living in the building. So we have The PHA, which has at least some history of safety violations. On the other hand, We have a family that does not seem to have this history of safety violations on their end. We have also seen other government housing projects endanger the safety of their tenants in other cities as well, including the plethora of cases of asbestos in Baltimore housing projects. All I’m saying is so far the family has the more trustworthy history compared to the PHA. Not only that but they don’t have any obvious motive to sabotage all of the smoke detectors. It’s not like they’re a bunch of college students where burning popcorn and larger smoking gatherings are more expected. A significant portion of the occupants were kids (From what the pictures go by the majority of them look to be in elementary school and younger).
Have you any sources that confirm that the reports of the alleged check-ins that the PHA did in 2019 through 2021 were as thorough as they claim? So far, all I’ve seen is them claiming they did, but I don’t think any actual documentation has been provided to the media or if it has, it hasn’t been shared yet. I appreciate your input greatly, but I hope this explains better why I think it’s too early to definitively say that this was the result of the tenants tampering with the smoke detector.
Remember, in my original statement, I used the phrase “ if this is true…”. That’s not me coming to a definitive conclusion that cannot be changed. I am very open to new directions. I just feel it’s premature at best to focus on the tenants when 1) we don’t have any clear evidence against them whatsoever at this point (even the circumstantial stuff hasn’t been definitively tied to them), 2) they’re still recovering and in need of material support , and 3) even other neighbors are reporting misgivings and outright problems with the PHA’s handling of related cases. It’s just as likely that whoever the inspector was for this unit didn’t do their job. The PHA been accused of that before, and we’ve recently seen similar allegations against similar organizations in different cities like NYC in Baltimore, as well (so it’s not like this scenario is completely unheard of).
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were they vaccinated ?
All because they didn’t change the batteries
Is she in the burned building or her apartment?
3rd world country
26 people 2 apartment means allot of bad decisions were made before this fire happened. RIP.
Omg my heart 😢
Lester Holt at the end was a little inappropriate no?
How can 18 people be in one apartment? Come on!
That’s how they were raised
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brainwashed..
God bless all those precious souls lost and heal the one’s injured.
These people needed help. Where
was the housing authority for more
home or placement?
So all them parents decided to not save their children….
I’ll be waiting for a official statement
the least i can do for these people is the most i will do for them.
Were they vaccinated?
Why does it matter
What’s a rowhouse?
Change the smoke detector batteries? AINT NOBODY GOT TIME FO DAT!
That looks more like a tenement, than a rowhouse. So, so sad, so sad. Condolence for all and God Bless.
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others. But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted”.
YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FOR YOURSELF AN IMAGE in the form of anything, in Heaven above or in the Earth beneath, or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents up to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
If my people who are called by my name, humble themselves and pray, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, I will hear from Heaven, will forgive their sins, and will heal their land.
AND WHEN YOU PRAY DO NOT BE LIKE THE HYPOCRITES, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. BUT WHEN YOU PRAY GO INTO YOUR ROOM, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
This, then, is how you should pray:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
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These are the teachings,
The Righteousness of our Lord Jesus Christ our God.
REPENT, and start doing what is right.
If you abide my teachings, you are really my disciples; then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in Truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
GOD IS SPIRIT so his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in Truth.
In the New Heaven and the New Earth,
only Righteousness dwells.
May the Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ our God be with you all.
Amen
too long didn’t read 🎅
Oh no!! God Bless them
So many evil, bitter, cold hearted MEN commenting. No surprise here.
They should Outlaw these row houses are just so dangerous to live in God bless all the lost souls and their families and they rest in peace
WHY were there so many people in one apartment?
Illegals hiding from ICE? 18 people in an apartment??
What is the whole story? There is a hole in this one.
This is So Sadly In Philadelphia Pa Row House Fires
Dear GOD
If only we had more women in positions of authority, this would never of happened
America is making Siberia look more attractive
Trump 2024
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rip
There were 18 people in one apartment because that’s how they were raised. They were never taught to move out and so they had families inside of the house.
Negligence had its finest. Probably cut the oven on then went to sleep like a fool. Play stupid you get stupid prize.
There is no reason that big of a building did not have one working smoke detector. Prayer’s and love being sent to all lost, all who will love and miss them, all who have lost their home’s and the rescue crews💞
so sad my pray for the family
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Why don’t people check their smoke alarms?????This is heartbreaking and those kids still may be alive if someone bothered to check the detectors!!! REST IN PEACE TO ALL THE VICTIMS
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RIP 🙏
How is this possible
Who cares everyone dies
Angels of HOPE and PROMISE,
Rest in the GRACE and PEACE of Heaven from EVERLASTING to EVERLASTING.
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Words of IGNORANCE hold alot of POWER and has a REFLECT way of returning back to the one who spoke or wrote it.🧐
A bunch of people killed by fire in a Philly row house? Was a police helicopter seen anywhere nearby?