Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad, a method of execution that has not been used in the U.S. in 15 years.

Death row inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die by firing squad after being convicted for the deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents.

An inmate on South Carolina's death row has chosen to die on March 7 by firing squad, his lawyer said Friday. Brad Sigmon, 67, who was convicted in 2002 of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents, would be the first condemned prisoner to be executed by that method in South Carolina and the first inmate to die by firing squad in the U.

Assistant Fire Chief Charles Walker stressed the home did not have any smoke detectors and encouraged Philly residents to call 311 to get them for free.

An elderly woman died after a fire ripped through a rowhome on the 600 block of Kimball Street in South Philadelphia early Sunday morning.