After a fire ripped through a public housing unit in Philadelphia, killing 12 people on Wednesday, fire officials in Connecticut are urging residents to take precautions.
Fire officials in Philadelphia said the fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. in the area of the Fairmount neighborhood, near the Philadelphia Museum of Art and its famous steps from the “Rocky” film. Officials said eight children and four adults were found dead. The incident marked the city’s deadliest fire in more than a century, according to the Associated Press.
Craig Murphy, the first deputy fire commissioner in Philadelphia, said none of the four smoke alarms appeared to be working at the time of the blaze, the AP reported. The Philadelphia Housing Authority told the AP that at least two of the smoke detectors were replaced in 2020, with batteries replaced in the other two at that time.