PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Kensington community is in shock this morning after a five-year-old girl was killed in a row home fire.
The fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, ripping through a row home near D Street and East Ontario Street.
Giselle, a next-door neighbor, said she awoke with her two daughters to the sound of screaming.
“I heard someone screaming, and I looked at my cameras, and I saw the smoke coming out, and I just pulled everyone out of the house.”
After rushing her daughters outside, Giselle saw her neighbors desperately trying to escape the burning building.
She said two sisters lived in the house, one with her daughter and the other with her young son.
“The girl, she threw her son, and then she jumped out of the window,” Giselle recounted.
She said fire crews arrived quickly and broke down the front door to get the other sister and her daughter out from the second-floor rooms at the back of the house.
Officials said the five-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the scene, and the three others are in critical condition.
Giselle and her family said they’re thankful to be safe, but will keep their neighbors in prayer.
One neighbor said a woman and her young son had to jump out of a window to escape the flames
One neighbor said a woman and her young son had to jump out of a window to escape the flames
