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PHILADELPHIA – At least three people were taken to the hospital after a house fire overnight in the Tioga section of Philadelphia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Firefighters were called to the 1500 block of Erie Avenue around 1:30 a.m. for reports of a house fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Crews arrived to find flames coming from the second floor of the three-story home where at least five people live.<\/p>\n
Some residents managed to escape the fire through a second-floor window, onto a porch roof where they awaited rescue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Firefighters placed the fire under control, but the Department of Licenses and Inspections ruled the property unsafe.<\/p>\n
What they’re saying:<\/p>\n
A man who lives at the home told reporters that he smelled smoke and ran downstairs where his godson and the godson’s mother were sleeping.<\/p>\n
The man said he suffered burns on his back after breaking down a burning backdoor to help his loved ones escape the blaze.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know how [the fire] happened, I just know that I smelled the smoke from the third floor, I saw the smoke in the hallway, I rushed down three flights of stairs to get to the door because my godson was on the first floor asleep,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What we don’t know:<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire is still under investigation at this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Residents say someone was captured on camera throwing something at the backdoor moments before the fire started.<\/p>\n
The Source: Information provided by the Philadelphia Fire Department and witnesses at the scene.<\/p>\n
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