The bitter cold that gripped the Northeast and iced over roads through the weekend was blamed for at least three deaths, including that of a Philadelphia man found inside a home without heat.
The man, whose identity had not been determined yesterday, died of hypothermia early Saturday, said Jeff Moran, a spokesman for the Philadelphia Health Department. Temperatures in the city had dropped to 4 degrees that morning.
In Brockton, Mass., a fire that engulfed an apartment building just after 5 a.m. yesterday killed a 63-year-old woman and injured three other people. State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan said an investigation is underway, but it appears that space heaters started the fire.
Two homeless men were found dead outside in Boston on Thursday and Friday, but police spokesman Michael McCarthy said yesterday that the causes of their deaths had not been officially determined.
Sub-zero temperatures across the region broke records, with Boston hitting 3 below zero on Saturday, two degrees colder than the previous record for Jan. 10, set in 1875. Montpelier, Vt., recorded 19 below zero that day, and Syracuse, N.Y., hit 16 below, the National Weather Service said.
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