Fire tears through West Philadelphia row home

WEST PHILADELPHIA - Fire crews worked to contain an inferno that tore through a two story row home in West Philadelphia early Sunday morning.

Officials say the fire erupted at a home on 52nd Street and Chancellor Street sometime before 5:30 a.m.

Emergency responders extinguished the fire shortly after 6 a.m.

Fire crews worked to contain an enferno that tore through a two story row home in West Philadelphia early Sunday morning.

It is unclear at this time if there was anyone in the home at the time of the blaze. 

Officials are investigating the cause of the fire.