Man injured after jumping out third floor window to escape fire


Man injured after jumping out third floor window to escape fire. Gray Hall reports during Action News at 9 a.m. on October 14, 2017. (WPVI)

ABC6 – FRANKFORD (WPVI) — A man was injured after jumping from a third floor window to escape a fire in Philadelphia’s Frankford section.

Firefighters were called around 7:30 a.m. Saturday to the 4600 block of Leiper Street for a small fire inside an apartment.

When they arrived on the scene, firefighters found the victim suffering multiple injuries from the jump.

There is no word on the victim’s condition.

Firefighters are still investigating what sparked the blaze.

Sunday, October 15, 2017 07:16AM