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Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said Tuesday that a Christmas tree ignited by a lighter sparked a deadly rowhome fire in Fairmount that killed 12, including eight children.
(PHILADELPHIA) A fast-moving fire in a Philadelphia row house that killed 12 people last week, including nine children, likely started after a Christmas tree