fire firegeezer on 24 Nov 2008 01:38 pm
3 Children Die In Cincinnati Fire Tragedy
A FAMILY’S THREE CHILDREN ALL DIED THIS MORNING in one of those sickening fire calls that nobody likes to run.
Cincinnati Enquirer / Amie Dworecki photo
Calls to 911 started pouring in at 2:30 am Monday when fire broke out in the 140-yr.-old frame house. Three children ages 2, 5 and 9, were on the second floor and the parents were in a first-floor bedroom. As the fire raced through the house, the husband tossed his wife out of the building and then ran upstairs after the children. He was only able to reach the 9-yr.-old daughter and took her out onto the 2nd-floor porch. He first jumped down and then pleaded her to jump into his arms. But the girl was in shock and disoriented and went back into the house.
The nearest fire station was only blocks away and they arrived on the scene within two minutes where they witnessed the girl in distress and then returning to the inferno. Despite the FF’s hardest efforts, they were unable to get to the upstairs bedrooms as the entire house was fully involved by then.
WKRC Ch. 12 was on the scene with this video report:
The father is in the hospital with severe burns over 30% of his body. The distraught mother is medically ok, but understandably in mental shock.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has the complete STORY.
