2 Killed, 1 Hurt In Ardmore House Fire Wednesday: Authorities

ARDMORE, PA — A mother and son died in an Ardmore house fire Wednesday night, according to Lower Merion Township officials.

Firefighters were called to the 200 block of Greenfield Avenue in Ardmore at about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a house fire.

First responders on scene found heavy smoke and fire in the second floor, with two people reportedly still inside the home.

A Merion Fire Company of Ardmore engine quickly placed a hose line into the home to extinguish the fire, officials said.

More resources from all seven of the township’s fire companies, along with EMS services from Narberth Ambulance, were called to the scene.

Firefighters went into the home to search for the two reported missing people.

They found an adult male in the doorway of a second-floor rear bedroom. He was removed from the home and placed in the care of EMS personnel from Narberth Ambulance.

Once the fire was extinguished in the second-floor bedroom, an adult female resident was found inside the room.

The remainder of the home was checked, and no other residents were found.

Both the man and woman, reportedly a mother in her 90s and her son, who was in his 60s, died, officials said.

Another woman who was in the home escaped the blaze and was taken to Lankenau Medical Center for observation.

Officials said none of the smoke detectors in the home were operational.

Investigators are still looking into the fire's cause.