A 70-year-old woman died Tuesday after a fire tore through several rowhomes in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood, not far from La Salle University's North Campus dorms. Family identified the 70-year-old as Denise Green.

Firefighters raced to the 5700 block of North Lambert Street around 11:30 a.m. to find at least three homes on fire.

Green's family described her as a loving person and a deeply faithful Christian. She leaves behind three children and many more grandchildren. Two neighbors who spoke with CBS News Philadelphia said they just attended Green's 70th birthday party.

"She's been living here for about 50 years now, and everyone on the block knows her, her daughter, her sons," Denisha Addison, Green's niece, said. "It's a real tragedy. We're trying to figure out why th

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