February 17, 2014 9:27 PM
(credit: CBS3
By Tim Jimenez and Diana Rocco
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – An autistic 14-year-old boy died after being pulled out of a row home fire in the Logan section late Monday afternoon.
The fire broke out at a home around 5 p.m. on the 4800 block of N. 9th Street, right off Roosevelt Boulevard.
A few minutes later, Philadelphia Fire Captain Clifford Gilliam says crews arrived to battle the blaze.
“They found heavy fire conditions. They make an aggressive interior attack and they find a juvenile male on the second floor,” he said.
Gilliam says a firefighter then took the young man, described as autistic, out of the home. He was then rushed to Albert Einstein Medical Center.
A relative then told reporters, “All we can do is pray for him.” Word later came that he died at the hospital.
Authorities say the fire damaged the two homes on both sides of the house. The American Red Cross was on hand to help eight people who were displaced. Investigators are looking into what caused the fire.
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