Police Identify West Mount Airy Fire Victims As 70-Year-Old Elaine Morris, 7-Month-Old Ren Fields – CBS Philly
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A 70-year-old lady and child boy had been killed in a hearth in West Mount Ethereal, authorities stated Saturday. It occurred simply earlier than 9 p.m. within the 300 block of West Mount Ethereal Avenue.
Police later recognized the 70-year-old as Elaine Morris and the 7-month-old as Ren Fields.
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Crews had been referred to as to the scene simply earlier than 9 p.m. Saturday.
About 45 firefighters responded to the 300 block of West Mount Ethereal Avenue.
Firefighters say Fields and Morris had been discovered on the second flooring of the house.
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Morris was pronounced on the scene, however Fields was taken to the hospital, the place he didn’t survive.
The assistant fireplace chief says along with Philadelphia police, good Samaritan neighbors jumped in to assist this household. He says a neighbor heard a baby yell, rescued the mom of the kid from the primary flooring after which went to the again of the home to attempt to rescue that baby.
“He then went to the rear of the property, the place he noticed a younger baby, the second flooring rear of that property. He urged the kid to leap. The kid did leap, the neighbor caught the kid. They each fell, however the neighbor broke that baby’s fall,” Assistant Hearth Chief Harry Bannan stated. “And that baby sustained no accidents and that neighbor, via his actions, prevented some severe accidents to that baby.”
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Officers say nobody close by heard any alarms coming from the house. That’s being investigated.
