Farmhouse fire kills 7 children
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March 10, 2011, Thursday
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A FIRE at a farmhouse killed seven children on Tuesday in Pennsylvania, United States, while their mother was in a barn milking cows and their father was taking a nap in a milk delivery truck, a state trooper said. Those who perished ranged in age from 7 months to 11 years. A 3-year-old child survived.
The children's father had left the two-story home, on a working farm in dairy country not far from the state capital, to get his truck around 10pm on Tuesday, Trooper Tom Pinkerton said. Two children, ages 2 and 3, were watching television at the time. The father drove a short distance to pick up milk and then parked the truck less than 2 kilometers from home. Then, Pinkerton said, he nodded off.
Soon after, one of the children smelled smoke in the home and ran to the barn to alert the mother, Pinkerton said. The mother told a neighbor to call 911, ran with the child to the father's truck and banged on its windows, screaming that their home was on fire, he said.
By the time the father returned to the home in Blaine, about 32 kilometers north of Harrisburg, it was fully engulfed by flames, Pinkerton said. Firefighters had arrived and were battling the blaze at the charred home.
The Perry County coroner ruled the children died of smoke inhalation, Pinkerton said.
No cause or origin of the fire had been determined by early yesterday morning. Fire marshals were investigating.
A fire truck and an ambulance remained at the scene while firefighters sifted through debris.
The children's father had left the two-story home, on a working farm in dairy country not far from the state capital, to get his truck around 10pm on Tuesday, Trooper Tom Pinkerton said. Two children, ages 2 and 3, were watching television at the time. The father drove a short distance to pick up milk and then parked the truck less than 2 kilometers from home. Then, Pinkerton said, he nodded off.
Soon after, one of the children smelled smoke in the home and ran to the barn to alert the mother, Pinkerton said. The mother told a neighbor to call 911, ran with the child to the father's truck and banged on its windows, screaming that their home was on fire, he said.
By the time the father returned to the home in Blaine, about 32 kilometers north of Harrisburg, it was fully engulfed by flames, Pinkerton said. Firefighters had arrived and were battling the blaze at the charred home.
The Perry County coroner ruled the children died of smoke inhalation, Pinkerton said.
No cause or origin of the fire had been determined by early yesterday morning. Fire marshals were investigating.
A fire truck and an ambulance remained at the scene while firefighters sifted through debris.
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