‘Only babies’: After Fairmount fire, Philadelphia mourns an unthinkable loss

Philadelphia struggled to process the loss of eight children in one of the deadliest tragedies in the city's history.

Family and friends pray together at the scene of a fatal fire near Parrish and 23rd Street in Fairmount Philadelphia on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. The fire killed 12 people, according to police. (Thomas Hengge/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS) — Family and friends pray together at the scene of a fatal fire near Parrish and 23rd Street in Fairmount Philadelphia on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. The fire killed 12 people, according to police. (Thomas Hengge/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)Read moreThomas Hengge / MCT

by Samantha Melamed, Mensah M. Dean, and Ximena Conde

Updated Jan. 5, 2022, 8:31 p.m. ET

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Published Jan. 5, 2022, 8:07 p.m. ET

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