AN EARLY MORNING HOUSE FIRE SUNDAY in Oswego County, New York, has killed eight people – 4 adults and 4 children – all members of the same family. The only survivor was one male who was sleeping in the basement of the two-story frame house.
When the FD arrived on the scene at 3 am, the house was fully involved with no hope of making a rescue attempt. The home was wood-framed balloon construction, lending to the rapid fire spread, and there were no smoke detectors in the house.
The cause of the fire is still unknown after a day of sifting through the rubble of the 100-yr.-old house. All eight victims’ bodies were recovered Sunday afternoon and have been sent to the medical examiner’s office for autopsies and identification. The fire is not considered to be suspicious.
WSYR-TV Ch. 9 Syracuse has this video report:
The Syracuse Post-Standard has MORE.
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