PHILADELPHIA — Investigators say wiring is to blame for a house fire that killed two young children and two adults in west Philadelphia.
Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers says the fire marshal determined Monday's blaze was caused by non-permanent electrical wiring. A 2-year-old boy and a 4-year-old boy were killed, along with a 23-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man. Fire officials say they found no smoke detectors in the home.
Investigators also announced Wednesday that cooking was to blame for a Sunday fire that killed a 4-year-old child and a 79-year-old woman in north Philadelphia.
No cause has been announced for a warehouse fire that led to the deaths of two firefighters last week. Sixty-year-old Lt. Robert Neary and 25-year-old firefighter Daniel Sweeney were killed in a building collapse while battling that blaze.
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