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Nine dead, including 8 children, in Kentucky house fire
POVERTY KILLS.Nine dead, including 8 children, in Kentucky house fire
By Elisha Fieldstadt, Staff Writer, NBC News
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/30/22505973-nine-dead-including-8-children-in-kentucky-house-fire?lite
A mother and eight children were killed when a fire ignited by an electric heater tore through a Kentucky home on Thursday morning, authorities said.
Nine of an 11-member family were found dead in the house fire that erupted in a Muhlenberg County home in the middle of the night, said Trooper Stuart Recke, Kentucky State Police public affairs officer.
Two parents and their nine children lived in the single-story home, Recke said.
On Thursday afternoon, Kentucky State Police identified the mother as Larae Watson, 35, and the eight children killed: Madison, 15; Kaitlyn, 14; Morgan, 13; Emily, 9; Samuel, 8; Raegan, 6; Mark, 4 and Nathaniel, 4.... MORE
May they rest in peace.
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one of the children, an 11 year old survived with the father who got out in time. horrible story.
