In an information piece on yesterday’s tragic fire at 432 S. Adams St., the RTD says that there was a fire alarm but that it was not working.

See today’s P-I for more details. It appears no one was hurt.

Per the P-I, a fire was reported on the 1600 block of W. Washington.

Another fire in the area. The P-I has the details.

From PPS’ Cliff Davis: A candlelight prayer vigil will be held on Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Pegram Street site of a fatal house fire this week that claimed the lives of three children and injured a Petersburg City Public Schools employee. The vigil will be from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. There will be a speaker. It is sponsored by Friends Of, a charitable organization in the city. The Petersburg City Public Schools has no official connection to this organization but we encourage district staff to do whatever they can to assist the survivors of this fire and to seek out opportunities for comfort in dealing with their own grief related to this tragedy. For more information about this vigil, please call Ersecelle Miles at 255-7485.

in today’s RTD: “…residents and activists here yesterday criticized public officials for not enforcing and toughening the city’s building codes. ‘They have not promulgated new codes’ after a similar house fire in January less than a mile away killed three children, said Linas Kojelis, a community activist. …After that fire Jan. 12 in the 400 block of South Harrison Street, more than 100 residents asked the Petersburg city government to help families who don’t have utilities and to enforce and toughen property codes. Kojelis said a group of residents also gave the City Council a list of 27 questions they had related to housing safety. ‘The city failed to respond,’ Kojelis said. The city added some building inspectors, but residents say they don’t think that’s enough to keep the city’s old houses safe. ‘This week’s blaze at 684 Pegram St. revived their concerns,’ Kojelis said.”

Two in Prince George, one started by a Christmas tree, another when someone tried to refill a kerosene heater, and one on the 2500 block of Dupuy Rd in Petersburg, cause yet unknown. Minor injuries reported. A few safety suggestions:

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The RTD says the fire occurred at 684 Pegram St. The article says there is no word yet re: cause of the fire, or whether there were functioning alarms in the house.