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3 children and 1 man dead in North Philly house fire

“They are our babies,” said an emotional Charlotte Maddox, principal at Lewis Elkin Elementary School, which two of the children attended, in kindergarten and third grade.

An unidentified woman reacts at the scene of a fatal fire on the 3200 block of Hartville Street in Philadelphia on Sunday. Derek Bowmer, the executive officer of the Philadelphia Fire Department, said three juveniles and one adult male are dead as a result of the fire.
An unidentified woman reacts at the scene of a fatal fire on the 3200 block of Hartville Street in Philadelphia on Sunday. Derek Bowmer, the executive officer of the Philadelphia Fire Department, said three juveniles and one adult male are dead as a result of the fire.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer