Man dies in North Philadelphia house fire

Philadelphia fire department at scene of fatal fire 2500 block N. 12th Street, early Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.

A man died Thursday morning in a fire inside a North Philadelphia home.

The fire started around 5:15 a.m. on the 2500 block of North 12th Street, where crews found heavy smoke and fire coming from the two-story rowhouse, according to the Philadelphia Fire Department. Firefighters witnessed fire coming from the second floor, where they found a person dead inside the home.

Philadelphia fire department personnel at scene of fatal fire 2500 block N. 12th Street, early Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.

Firefighters placed the fire under control by 5:45 a.m. The cause of the fire remained under investigation.

The Thursday morning blaze followed a fatal house fire in Kingsessing on Wednesday morning, which the fire marshal’s office determined was intentionally set, and another fatal fire in early January that claimed the life of a woman in the Ogontz section.

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