Woman dies in Olney fire, officials say

An unidenitified woman died in a rowhouse fire Saturday morning in the Olney section of Philadelphia, according to fire officials.

Capt. Derek Bowmer said that the blaze began inside a home on the 5700 block of North Sixth Street around 7 a.m. Companies arrived within two minutes and had the fire under control in about 15 minutes, Bowmer said.

Firefighters who entered the house afterward found a woman dead inside, Bowmer said. He did not name the woman or provide other identifying details, such as her age.

Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel tweeted that three other people had been rescued from the house during the fire.

Neighbors told TV news crews that the victim was a mother of two children.