Fire Marshal rules that a fatal house fire in Kingsessing was intentionally set
A 25-year-old man was pronounced dead after being pulled from a burning house on the 5400 block of Regent Street, police said.
A 25-year-old man was pronounced dead after he was pulled from a burning house in a fire that was intentionally set early Wednesday in the city’s Kingsessing, authorities said.
The Philadelphia Fire Department responded just before 1:45 a.m. to a report of a fire in a two-story rowhouse on the 5400 block of Regent Street, authorities said
Firefighters battled the fire on the second floor and attempted to rescue a man from the back bedroom. He was transported by medics to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:29 a.m.
The fire was placed under control at 2:01 a.m. and no other injuries were reported.
“The Fire Marshal’s Office did determine this fire was incendiary, meaning it was set intentionally,” said Rachel Cunningham, spokesperson for the fire department.
The case is now being investigated by police.