'We've had a tough year. We have a fire problem in this city. We encourage people to call 311 and we encourage people to get smoke alarms up,' said Philadelphia Fire Captain Derek Bowmer.
"We've had a tough year. We have a fire problem in this city. We encourage people to call 311 and we encourage people to get smoke alarms up," said Philadelphia Fire Captain Derek Bowmer.A man is dead after a fire broke out at a home in the 1900 block of Orthodox Street in Philadelphia's Frankford section.By the time our crews were there, the Philadelphia Fire Department had the flames under control. Officials say it only took them three minutes to do so.
A man was found dead on the first floor."At this time, it's under investigation but we didn't find any at the time," Bowmer.Given the tragedy, Bowmer said he has to remind everyone of the necessity of smoke alarms."We've had a tough year. We have a fire problem in this city. We encourage people to call 311 and we encourage people to get smoke alarms up," said Bowmer."Please we're begging everyone to ask for a smoke alarm.
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