2022 Philadelphia apartment fire

When

5 Jan 2022

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

39.97° N, 75.17° W

Description

fatal apartment fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Deaths

12

Injured

2

Fatal blaze in Pennsylvania

On the morning of January 5, 2022, a fire tore through a row house converted into apartments in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Twelve people died, nine of them children, and two others were injured. Five additional people escaped from the first floor unit with minor injuries. The fire happened just four days before the 2022 Bronx apartment fire, also in the Northeastern United States.

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