One Child Survives Devastating Fire.
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A FIRE DESTROYED NEARLY AN ENTIRE FAMILY TUESDAY night in Perry County, Pennsylvania, at a dairy farm in the central part of the state. The eight children of the family were sleeping when their mother was in the barn milking their cows and the father was in his truck delivering milk to customers at 11 pm. WHTM-TV is reporting:
Police said a three-year-old child was able to run from the home and tell her mother there was smoke in the house. Police said the mother may have then tried to enter the house unsuccessfully. Police said she then ran to a neighbor’s home but could not contact anyone. They said she ran to a second nearby home and a neighbor was able to call 9-1-1. From there, police said the mother ran down the road about one mile to alert her husband.
Police said the father had left the home earlier in the night to deliver milk. They said he made a few stops before pulling over to take a nap. Once the father was alerted, police said both parents ran back to the home. By that time, firefighters were on the scene but the house was completely engulfed in flames.
The fire victims include six girls and one boy. They ranged in age from seven months to 11-years-old, according to police. The girls, ages eleven, nine, four, two, and seven months, and the boy, age seven, were all discovered by investigators inside the home.
The surviving child is a girl also. The preliminary report from the Perry County coroner says that all seven children died from smoke inhalation and there are no plans to conduct any autopsies.
WMAR-TV Ch. 2 Baltimore has posted some early raw video from the site:
The State Police fire marshals are just getting started with their investigation into the fire. There is no early indication of what started the fire or where.
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