NICETOWN - Authorities are investigating what sparked a rowhome fire in Nicetown after two men were pulled from the flames and later died at the hospital.
Firefighters were called to the 1400 block of Jerome Street around 4 a.m. Thursday for reports of a house fire. Two men were found unresponsive inside the home and rushed to nearby hospitals where they both died, according to authorities. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESArson investigators and homicide detectives were spotted outside the home after crews extinguished the blaze, according to FOX 29's Steve Keeley.
A law enforcement source told Keeley that authorities are investigating the fire as a double homicide and said there is evidence that accelerant was used to start and spread the.