2 Bodies Found In Philadelphia Home Destroyed By Fire: Reports

PHILADELPHIA, PA — The bodies of a man and woman were found in the rubble of an East Germantown rowhome destroyed by a massive fire Thursday, according to officials and multiple reports.

The Philadelphia Fire Department initially responded to a two-alarm blaze in the 500 block of Brinton Street around 5 p.m., the agency said on social media.

According to a CBS Philadelphia report, crews arrived to find heavy fire on the first floor before it spread to other floors of the twin home.

A crew of more than 100 firefighters brought the fire under control shortly after 8 p.m., officials said.

Three residents on one side of the home made it out safely, Action News reported.

Mark McKie, 62, and Maria Dickens, 65, who lived on the other side of the building, were both inside when the fire started. They were found dead Friday, according to reports.

"Saddened by this. It was unexpected," Dickens' son Christion Smith told CBS Philadelphia. "I was just with her on her birthday. On the 21st of this month."

The cause of the fire remains under investigation by fire marshals and the Philadelphia division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.