# 13 People Including 7 Children Die in Fire in House Owned By City of Philadelphia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-people-including-7-children-die-in-fire-in-house-owned-by-city-of-philadelphia/957286 "2022-01-05T22:41:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-people-including-7-children-die-in-fire-in-house-owned-by-city-of-philadelphia/957286/18 "2022-01-07T15:04:25Z")
The big issue is whether or not there were adequate escape routes. If there had been there would not have been this massive loss of life. This reminds of that dive ship disaster where all those people died because the escape routes where blocked by fire: > [@Scuba Charter Disaster in California: over 30 feared dead.\[Sept.2019\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuba-charter-disaster-in-california-over-30-feared-dead-sept-2019/839592): > > This will be ugly. The MV Conception caught fire early this morning while anchored off of Santa Cruz Island, one of California’s Channel Islands. Per Ventura County Fire Department, five crew members awake on the bridge or upper decks were able to flee the burning vessel, but were unable to assist some 30 passengers in the berthing space below. 34 people are missing at this time. [https://fox5sandiego.com/2019/09/02/34-dead-after-boat-fire-near-santa-cruz-island-according-to-officials/](https://fox5sandiego.com/2019/09/02/34-dead-after-boat-fire-near-santa-cruz-island-according-to-officials/) Dia… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-people-including-7-children-die-in-fire-in-house-owned-by-city-of-philadelphia/957286)._