Thirteen people died when a fire tore through public housing apartments in the eastern US city of Philadelphia on Wednesday, US media reported.
The city's fire department said its officers arrived at the scene at 6:40 am (11:40 GMT) "and found heavy fire coming from the second floor of a three-story rowhouse."
"It took 50 minutes to place the fire under control," they said in a tweet.
US networks including NBC and CBS reported that the blaze had killed 13 people.
