A fire in North Philadelphia killed an elderly man Wednesday morning.Credit: Rikard Larma/MetroAn elderly man died in a fire in North Philadelphia on Wednesday.The fatal fire happened about 11:20 a.m. in a row home on the 3000 block of North Ninth Street, 6ABC Action News reported.Firefighters arrived to find heavy flames showing from the home. They found the man's body during a secondary search.It appeared the fire started in the front bedroom on the home's second floor, but the cause was not immediately known. Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers described the victim as a hoarder.
