Tennessee officials are trying to determine the cause of a house fire that killed four adults and three children in Memphis and injured three others.
Local news outlets report that the fire began 1:30 a.m. Monday.
Lt. Wayne Cooke of the Memphis Fire Department says a family of 10 lived in the house. Fire officials say four adults and three children died at the scene. Three other children were taken to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in “extremely critical condition.”
It took about 15 minutes for firefighters to put out the fire.
It’s unclear what started the fire or if the home had a working smoke detector.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Fire is my worst nightmare. It is among one of the worst ways to die, I imagine.
I hope those who died in this fire were dead before they were cooked alive. As far as the surviving children go, my heart breaks for them. As though losing their family (assuming all of the victims were related) weren’t bad enough, they will no doubt be in for long painful recoveries due to their burns. Poor, poor kids. I will keep them in my prayers.
Condolences to the extended family members of the decease. May they RIP.