Ohio Apartment Fire Kills Seven Children

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By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press Writer

TOLEDO, Ohio - Joe Jaramillo climbed the staircase with smoke searing his eyes and the cries of seven trapped children ringing in his ears. But he couldn't get any closer.

"They were yelling 'Help us!' but I couldn't do anything. I had to come back for air," he said.

The youngsters died after a fire broke out in a Toledo apartment Sunday afternoon. The victims — six girls and one boy — were between 6 months and 7 years old.

Firefighters arrived about a minute after receiving an emergency call, but met heavy flames on a staircase as they fought to reach the victims, Chief Michael Bell said. They contained the fire quickly after pulling the children out, he said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=718&e=3&u=/ap/20041025/ap_on_re_us/toledo_fire

[Rainbowreflect]

1. Such a heart breaking story.

[UpInArms]

2. I fear this winter will be a dangerous one for those

living in poverty

another fire

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1025FatalFire25-ON.html

Mother, 2 daughters killed in fire

SEEKONK, Mass. - An ailing elderly woman and her two daughters died in a fire at the older woman's Seekonk home after a portable electric heater lit bedding on fire in the room where all three were sleeping, fire officials said.

The fire was reported at about 2:25 a.m. Sunday at a two-story, wood-frame house on Taunton Avenue. The fire was ruled an accident, said State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan.

Authorities did not release the identities of the three, but neighbor Michelle Shaw told The Boston Globe that Theresa Kane, 79, and her daughters, Jayne, 54, and Cheryl, who was in her mid-40s, all lived in the house.

Jayne, who worked in a nursing home, cared for her sister, who was mildly retarded, and her mother, who was in ill health, Shaw said.

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3. Where were the adults? n/t