By Associated Press - Wednesday, December 28, 2016

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man is dead and two firefighters have suffered minor injuries following an early morning blaze inside a Philadelphia home.

WPVI-TV reports (https://6abc.cm/2iqdxzr ) the flames broke out around 3:30 Wednesday morning at a home in the Fishtown section of the city. Officials tell the station says firefighters found a 50-yearold man lying unconscious on the floor in a room on the top floor. He was taken to a hospital in serious condition and later pronounced dead.

Two firefighters were cut on the head while battling the fire.



Investigators are working to determine a cause.

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