5 Children Killed In Pennsylvania Day Care Fire

Source: blackamericaweb.com - Sunday, August 11, 2019
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — An early morning fire in Pennsylvania at a residential building housing a day care center killed five children and sent the owner to the hospital, authorities said. The fire was reported in Erie, a northwest lake town, at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday, Chief Guy Santone of the Erie Fire Department said. The victims ranged in ages from 8 months to 7 years, Santone said. The Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership lists a day care at the fire address. The day care was operating legally and was in business for the past 18 years, according to Erienewsnow.com. The center passed an inspection last December but according to Erienewsnow, only had one smoke alarm in the home, located in the attic. Valerie Lockett-Slupski, standing across the street from the fire-damaged house, said she was the grandmother of four of the children, and that they were staying at the day care because their parents were working overnight, the Erie Times-News reported . She said the family had two boys and two girls and had used the day care for almost a year. “So we are all at a loss, trying to figure out how this happened,” Lockett-Slupski told the newspaper. The owner of the day care was flown to UPMC Mercy for treatment, Santone said. He said a neighbor was also injured. Chief Fire Inspector John Widomski told the newspaper that the fire appeared to have started in the living room area on the first floor. The department’s two fire inspectors

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