
Fatal Philadelphia fire likely started with a lighter igniting a Christmas tree, fire commissioner says
CNN
It's a "near certainty" that a Philadelphia duplex fire that claimed 12 lives was started by a lighter igniting a Christmas tree on the second floor of the building, city Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said Tuesday.
Thiel said that one of their sources of information, in combination with an exhaustive investigation, was a 5-year-old child who survived the fire. "We believe with certainty, so 99 to 100% confidence, that the first item ignited in this blaze was a Christmas tree," Thiel said.

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