COBBS CREEK - Authorities say a man has died following a house fire in the city's Cobbs Creek neighborhood.Firefighters responded to a report of a fire at a home near 60th and Ludlow streets around 4 a.m.

Friday morning.Crews arrived on the scene to find heavy smoke on the second floor and were able to get the fire under control in about 30 minutes.Afterward, crews found an elderly man who they say lived inside the home alone on the second floor.He was pronounced dead at the scene.The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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Police: Man, 30, found dead in South Philadelphia, the victim of apparent shooting

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Tennessee man leaves $5 million to dog in his will: 'She’s a good girl'

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Cuomo administration 'froze' over nursing home data requests

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Nineteen more people die in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus

direct to your inbox A further 19 people have died in our hospitals after contracting coronavirus, the latest NHS figures show.

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Viral Vegas: Deaths jump, tourism slumps amid long pandemic

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18 bags of hacked-up body parts found in western Mexico

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