Around 100 people gathered outside a nearby school on Thursday evening for a vigil. Many of them had candles, lighters, and small flashlights. As the inquiry progresses, there will be a vigil. Andrea Underwood said that a family is mourning the loss of children and grandchildren as they learn more about the fire that killed 12 people in the city’s Fairmount neighborhood on Wednesday morning. She said that the family is fighting back tears in the bitter cold.Officials say that eight of the people who died were children. As a whole, this fire killed more than 100 people in the city for more than 100 years.
“Our family wants to say thank you to everyone for their kindness, generosity, and prayers during this terrible time.” Family spokesperson Underwood: “We feel the love and thank you for all of your help.”
We’re willing to tell you that our relative, Vanessa McDonald lost three of her three daughters. Rosalee McDonald, Virginia Thomas, and Quinsha White were all killed. The fire also killed nine of her grandchildren. There were two people who lived there.
“We need more information before we can move forward with the memorial services,” she said, adding that the family wants to keep their private lives private at this time.
Weeping from relatives, friends, and even people who didn’t know the McDonald family personally broke the somber silence. The family held hands and paused before releasing balloons into the cold night air, a silence only broken by the weeping of everyone who knew them.
A vigil was held in memory of Christopher Stanford and his wife, Marci. They said they brought their young children to show that their neighbors care about the family.
People will have a hard time. It’s possible that they don’t know, but the community is there for them and loves them. “We will help them; I’m sure we will all help.”
People in the city haven’t been told who they are and how old they are.
The cause of the fire is being looked into. When a child played with a lighter and set a Christmas tree on fire on Wednesday, the fire may have started. A search warrant application says this is what happened.
As city and federal investigators try to figure out what caused the fire, they get a new clue.
People who work for the fire department didn’t give any new information on Thursday, and they didn’t speculate about what caused the fire.
In the search warrant application, Jane Roh, a spokesperson for District Attorney Larry Krasner, confirmed that the details were correct. The Philadelphia Inquirer first reported on the search warrant application.
This three-story building had been turned into two apartments. At the time, more than 20 people were living there.
There was a huge fire at a federal building on Thursday. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives said Thursday that it was setting up a National Response Team to help with the investigation because of how big and wide the fire was. In order to help the city’s fire marshal and police department, the ATF says it will work with them.
