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Some of the newer buildings have the equivalent of a semi firewall because of the new construction mandates. these older apartments don't have that. we still, dana, don't know the cause of the fire or how it started. but we do know it is very cold in philadelphia. this apparently is government housing. in a lot of these types of cases you have bad electrical, space heaters in there and potentially sometimes you have fireplaces and things just the end to go awry. we haven't gotten information on that yet. >> dana: one of the things that crossed the wire is that the smoke detectors in the buildi...

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The row house fire that occurred Wednesday morning in an upscale Philadelphia neighborhood reveals the harsh conditions working class residents throughout the city face.

According to officials from the Philadelphia Housing Authority, 26 people had been living in the unit that burned down Wednesday morning.