Saturday, March 7, 2015

THE YOUNG AND THE ELDERLY ARE THE MOST FREQUENT VICTIMS OF HOUSE FIRES: THREE CHILDREN DEAD IN PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA HOUSE FIRE. THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN EXTENSION CORD THAT WAS COILED ON TOP OF SOME CLOTHS, THAT IGNITED THE CLOTHS WHEN THE CORD OVERHEATED




MARCH 7, 2015

PORTSMOUTH,VA. (WAVY)

An early morning fire on Pennock Street in Portsmouth left three children dead Saturday.

According to Chief Hoffler with the Portsmouth Fire Department, just after 1:00 a.m fire crews responded to the 20 block of Pennock Street for a report of a house fire with three children trapped inside.

The first firefighters who arrived on the scene confirmed there were three children inside the burning home.

Firefighters entered the house, located and brought one of the children out immediately. It took another three to four minutes to locate the other two and get them out of the house, according to Chief Hoffler.

Medics transported one of the children to Maryview Hospital where they later died. The other two children were pronounced deceased on the scene. Two of the deceased, a boy and a girl, were nine-month-old twins and the third was a three-year-old boy.

Two adults who were in the house made it out of the home unharmed. Fire officials originally thought there were four adults in the home.
A family friend tells WAVY.com that the father of the twins tried to get the three children out of the house, but was unable to because of the intensity of the flames.

Chief Hoffler says Portsmouth Fire Marshall’s determined the fire was caused by an extension cord that was coiled on top of some cloths, that ignited the cloths when the cord overheated. Portsmouth Police and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms assisted in the investigation. Hoffler says the ATF helped in the investigation due to the deadly nature of the fire.
Source: www.wavy.com