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Officials: Woman, 60, dies in fire at Port Richmond home

Updated May 18, 2020 7:52am EDT

FOX 29 Philadelphia

Officials: Woman, 60, dies in fire at Port Richmond home

A man was also taken to the hospital as a result of the fire.

PHILADELPHIA - One person has died after a major fire broke out in the early hours of Monday morning in Port Richmond.

The fire broke out around 1 a.m. at a home on the 2500 block of Edgemont Street.

Officials say a 60-year-old woman died at Jefferson University Hospital as a result of the fire.

A man was taken to Temple University Hospital, according to officials. There is no word on his condition.

Authorities have not verified the cause of the fire.

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