An 87-year-old man is believed to be dead after a house collapsed during a fire in Northeast Philadelphia’s Somerton neighborhood Monday.
Philadelphia Fire Department Deputy Chief Thomas Gallagher said the fire started around 3:45 p.m. on the 1500 block of Wayside Road.
Fire crews were notified about the fire by a neighbor who saved an 85-year-old woman from the two-story single home. Her 87-year-old husband is believed to be dead…