Open Flame Cause of Blaze on Ridge Last Month

According to the Philadelphia Fire Department, an open flame caused to fire in a two-story carriage house in the rear of a vacant assisted living home at Ridge Avenue and Kingsley Street in late October.

An open flame, Fire Captain Jeffrey Thompson said, could be a candle, lighter or match. He would not comment on whether or not someone may have been living in the vacant building.

"It's possibility," he said. "The cause is pretty straightforward."

A fire was reported at the same location about a year ago, but Thompson said he is unsure of the cause of the 2010 blaze.