Two men convicted of setting fire to a North Philadelphia pizza shop in 2022 , ultimately leading to the death of a Philadelphia firefighter, will each spend decades in prison, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Al-Ashraf Khalil was sentenced to 40 years and Isaam Jaghama was sentenced to 25 years in prison in connection with the June 18, 2022, fire at Star Pizza Fish and Chicken, in a building Khalil owned at 3rd Street and Indiana Avenue in the city's Fairhill neighborhood.

The two were found guilty in November 2024, after a jury trial where federal prosecutors argued Khalil and Jaghama set the fire so Khalil could claim insurance money.

The fire broke out around 2 a.m. on June 18, 2022. The building collapsed on Philadelphia fire Lt. Sean Williamson and five other first respond

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