PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A man is dead after a fire broke out in a North Philadelphia house Thursday morning.
It happened around 5:15 a.m. near North 12th and Huntingdon streets.
Assistant Fire Chief Daniel McCarty said the man who died owns the house, and work was being done on it.
He said firefighters arrived within about a minute of getting the call. It took firefighters about 30 minutes to get it under control. McCarty said no one else was in the house.
We have a reporter heading to the scene. Stay with KYW for the latest.