The Philadelphia Fire Marshal says a fire that ripped through two homes in the city's Holmesburg neighborhood Wednesday morning was caused by arson. Someone set the fire around 4:45 a.m. on Decatur Street about a block from Frankford Avenue.

No one was injured, but at least six people are displaced. 

Police have not made any arrests.

📸: Philadelphia Fire Department

The Philadelphia Fire Marshal says a fire that ripped through two homes in the city's Holmesburg neighborhood Wednesday morning was caused by arson. Someone set the fire around 4:45 a.m. on Decatur Street about a block from Frankford Avenue.
No one was injured, but at least six people are displaced. 
Police have not made any arrests.
📸: Philadelphia Fire Department

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Arson the cause of 2 home fire in Holmesburg, Fire Marshal says

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