Woman Killed After Jumping From Window To Escape Flames, Man Injured In Port Richmond Fire

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - One person was killed and another was injured in an overnight fire in Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood. Cellphone video captured flames coming from a home on the 2500 block of Edgemont Street, around 1 a.m.

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Officials say a 60-year-old woman jumped from a window to escape the flames. She was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later.

A man suffered a foot injury.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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