Woman Found Dead Following Pennsylvania Row Home Fire
I want to start this the same way most people in Ogontz likely woke up that morning — with shock.
Early Thursday, while the neighborhood was still quiet, a fire broke out inside a row home on the 6200 block of Ogontz Avenue in North Philadelphia. It was around 4:45 a.m., the hour when most people are asleep and least prepared to react. By the time firefighters arrived, heavy smoke and flames were already pouring from the home.
Inside, crews found a woman believed to be in her 60s, unresponsive on the first floor. She was rushed to the hospital, but doctors could not save her. She was pronounced dead shortly after. No firefighters were injured during the response, which matters — because it tells us how intense and dangerous this fire likely was…