Date uploaded: 2022-01-17 22:02:47

Funeral services were held Monday for nine children and three adults who died in a Philadelphia fire on Jan. 5, the deadliest blaze in the city in more than a century. A funeral procession Monday morning was followed by services at Temple University’s Liacouras Center, to which members of the community were invited and asked to wear white. Mourners at the service listened to Bible readings, official proclamations and music. Relatives spoke about their loss and their memories of their loved ones from two microphones behind tables bearing caskets amid white flowers and large pictures of those who were lost. “None of us know what to do with a funeral with 12 people,” said the Reverend Dr. Alyn Waller of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church. “We’re in a space of grief and pain we wish on no one else.” 📸: @apnews and The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP.