Man dies in Sunday morning blaze in West Oak Lane

According to NewsWorks content partner NBC Philadelphia, a 58-year-old man was declared dead at the scene of fire in an abandoned row home in West Oak Lane early Sunday morning.

The fire was reported in the 7100 block of North 18th Street just after 3:30 a.m. The man’s identity has not yet been released and the cause of the blaze remained under investigation Sunday afternoon, NBC Philadelphia reported.

More on this story when information becomes available.

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