Fabric Row blaze claims life of Philly fire captain [photos]
A Philadelphia firefighter has died after part of roof collapsed during a blaze he was battling.
Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers said at a news conference late Saturday that a second firefighter was injured while trying to rescue his colleague.
Firefighters saluted as the body of 53-year-old Capt. Michael Goodwin was carried from the remnants of the burned building in the city’s Fabric Row section.
Ayers says he was killed in a fall from the third floor roof to the second.
The colleague who tried save him is 28-year-old Andrew Godlinski. He suffered burns but is expected to survive.
The fire’s cause wasn’t immediately known.
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