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>> NOW, IN HIGH DEFINITION,
CBS3 "EYEWITNESS NEWS".
>> COULDN'T BREATHE.
IT WAS ALL SMOKE AND
EVERYTHING.
>> FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE THICK
SMOKE AFTER FIRE BREAKS OUT IN
A NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA
DUPLEX.
TWO PEOPLE ARE HURT AND THERE
IS VERY LITTLEST OF THAT UNIT.
>>> GOOD EVENING, I'M NATASHA
BROWN.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
INVESTIGATORS ARE SIFTING
THROUGH THE ASHES TRYING TO
DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE OF
THIS FIRE.
"EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTER
JERICKA DUNCAN IS LIVE AT THE
SCENE IN NORTHEAST PHILLY WITH
THE VERY LATEST FOR US.
JERICKA.
>> Reporter: WELL, YOU CAN
HEAR THE SOUNDS BEHIND ME AS
RESTORATION CREWS JUST STARTED
BOARDING UP THIS DUPLEX.
IT'S IN A DEVELOPMENT JUST OFF
OF BUSTLETON AVENUE HERE IN
THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF
PHILADELPHIA.
THE FIRE CHIEF THAT WE SPOKE
TO SAYS THERE WERE NO RESCUES
BUT EVERYONE, OF COURSE, DID
MAKE IT OUT ALIVE BUT NOW THE
QUESTION, IS WHAT NEXT?
>> HOMELESS.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
JUST TERRIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WILL
SURVIVE THIS.
>> Reporter: VERA IS HELPING
HER SISTER MOVE OUT OF THIS
DUPLEX.
JUST BEFORE MAN TO IT CAUGHT
FIRE.
CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWS FLAMES
AND SMOKE DEVOURING THIS
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA
RESIDENCE.
THE TEARS CAME DOWN AS REALITY
SETS IN FOR THE THREE PEOPLE
WHO LIVED IN THE FRONT AND THE
TWO RESIDENTS WHO LIVED IN THE
BACK SECTION OF THE HOME.
FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE
APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED IN THE
GARAGE.
>> I BELIEVE THE SMOKE ALARM
IS WHAT ALERTED THE OKAY
PANDERS OF THE -- WOMAN PANTS
OF THE FIRE.
>> Reporter: A NEIGHBOR TELL
US A DOG DIED IN THE FIRE.
LATE THIS AFTERNOON WE
CAPTURED NEIGHBORS CLEANING UP
WHAT THEY COULD.
REMOVING THE FEW THINGS LEFT
BEHIND THAT ARE SALVAGEABLE.
THE RED CROSS WAS HELPING
DISPLACED RESIDENTS.
MEANWHILE FIRE INVESTIGATORS