PHILADELPHIA, PA — A pregnant woman and her two children lost their lives in a house fire that tore through their Philadelphia home early Friday. Authorities believe the fire was deliberately set.
The victims have been identified as Ashley Thompson and her 6-year-old twins, Alayna and Asad. Family members say Thompson was seven months pregnant at the time of the fire, which occurred at their residence in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood.
Neighbors described the fire as spreading rapidly in the early morning hours. “We looked out the window, it was engulfed in flames,” Yessenia Nieves, who lives nearby, told WCAU. The fast-moving fire left little time for escape as residents tried to flee…