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Apartment Fire In Logan Displaces 10 Residents

By Steve Beck, Al Novack

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Nearly a dozen residents have been displaced after an apartment fire in Philadelphia early Thursday morning.

The fire was first reported at about 5:30 a.m. inside a home in the 5100 block of Camac Street in the city's Logan section.

According to investigators, the fire apparently started in a bottom apartment unit and the entire building was evacuated.

The one-alarm fire was placed under control at about 6 a.m.

One resident was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center for treatment of smoke inhalation.

Approximately 10 residents have been displaced as a result of the fire. The American Red Cross was at the scene assisting those who were impacted.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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