{"id":82325,"date":"2026-01-09T12:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/82325\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:20:09","slug":"deadly-philadelphia-house-fire-rekindles-hours-after-being-placed-under-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/82325\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Philadelphia house fire rekindles hours after being placed under control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0g7r2n71l9vflfud.jpg\" alt=\"Deadly Philadelphia house fire rekindles hours after being placed under control\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Firefighters returned to the scene of a house fire that claimed the life of a 60-year-old woman after they say the fire rekindled hours later.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Firefighters were called to a property on the 6200 block of Ogontz Avenue around 5 a.m. Thursday for reports of a fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3rz5kyyyjkpc7p8e.jpg\" alt=\"Woman, 60, dies after being pulled from Ogontz Avenue house fire: officials\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Officials say a 60-year-old woman was found in the burning home and was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The fire was placed under control shortly after firefighters responded.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Firefighters returned to the property around 11:30 p.m. Thursday after they say the fire somehow rekindled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">No one was inside the property at the time, and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;She was a nice close friend of mine, she was a very nice, polite person always helping her people,&#8221; said Lisa Timmons, a friend of the victim.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;I\u2019m so sad to hear about this.&#8221; Hakim Kelley, who lives nearby, described the victim as a &#8220;beautiful young lady, always taking care of her garden, always sweeping up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">\u00a0Jerry Rice, a neighbor, shared his personal connection to the tragedy, saying, &#8220;I lost four sons to a fire, so I\u2019m trying not to think about it.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The initial cause of the fire is still under investigation, and firefighters are looking into how the blaze restarted.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; 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