PHILADELPHIA - Five firefighters have been hospitalized after suffering electrical shocks while fighting a blaze in South Philadelphia.

The rowhouse fire occurred around 5 p.m. Thursday.

Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the firefighters would be kept overnight for observation as a precaution. But he says that "everybody's good."

The fire destroyed a rowhouse and displaced several residents.

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Information from: The Philadelphia Inquirer, http://www.philly.com

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