NEW YORK, Jan 12 — A five-year-old likely started a Philadelphia row house fire that killed a dozen people by setting a Christmas tree ablaze with a lighter, the city’s top fire official said yesterday, citing preliminary findings of an investigation.
“We believe with certainty, so 99 to 100 per cent confidence, that the first item ignited in this blaze was a Christmas tree” on the second floor, Thiel said at a news conference, adding that a lighter was found nearby. Thiel said seven smoke alarms were found in the building, but only one of them sounded as the fire spread. Four of them were found in drawers, one was found on the floor with its battery removed, and another was attached to a ceiling with its battery also being removed. The alarm that had activated was in the basement but its alerts came late.
The fire broke out around 6.30am on the second floor of a three-story row house in the city’s Fairmont neighbourhood. The building is owned by the federally funded Philadelphia Housing Authority, the fourth-largest housing authority in the United States.
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