New Years Eve: Three girls aged 7, 8 and 10 are killed in Buffalo house fire

Three girls died in a Buffalo house fire that left several injuries days after the city was hit by a deadly blizzard.

The two-story home where eight people, including six children, were in when the fire broke out at 207 Dartmouth Avenue before 7:30 a.m. Saturday.

All but three of the victims, all girls ages 7, 8 and 10, were unable to get out of the fire. The house belonged to the family of Clarence and Lisa Liggans, but the children have not been identified.

Firefighters were able to pull two children in critical condition, ages three to 10, out of the fire.

An aunt at the home was the first to notice the fire and quickly escaped with a baby and the children’s grandmother before first responders arrived.

Footage of the fire showed officers entering the second story of the home using a ladder outside the home. Smoke was seen coming from the second story as several firefighters tried to get inside.

The children were later seen being carried away from the scene on a stretcher. The 63-year-old grandmother and two children remain in critical condition, but the baby was unharmed.

Investigators are still determining the cause of the fire.

The family were members of Cornerstone Church Ministries in Buffalo. Their pastor, Dwayne Price, told DailyMail.com the deaths were a “tragedy”.

“The Liggans family is wonderful, they always put the people of the community first,” Price said. “I am very happy to know that it is a complete tragedy, this is the last thing on your mind, or what you hope for in the New Year.”

Since then, Price has established a GoFundMe to help the family.

“They’ve been in the community a long time, we just want to be able to help them while they’re hurting,” he said.

The family is expected to speak on Sunday, according to Price.

They lost everything.

The two-story home belonged to the family of Clarence and Lisa Liggans, where eight people were inside, including six children, when the fire broke out at 207 Dartmouth Avenue.

Firefighters were able to get two children out while three others escaped safely. Two people were seen being transported to a hospital.

Investigators are still determining the cause of the fire that killed three children.

The grandmother and two children remain in critical condition after the New Year’s Eve fire

The family was a member of Cornerstone Church Ministries in Buffalo, where Pastor Dwayne Price has created a GoFundMe to support the family.

The fire is the second tragedy to hit Buffalo in the past week, as the death toll from a deadly winter storm in upstate New York officially rose to 39 as of Thursday.

The latest fatality was recorded when a grandmother was found dead just a few hundred feet from her home after she decided to brave the wild weather to collect supplies.

Seventeen of the victims were found outside in the freezing cold, 11 were found dead inside their homes after the storm knocked out power for thousands of people, while four were in their cars and four others suffered heart attacks while shoveling or they plowed the more than eight feet of sleet.

Three others died because emergency crews could not reach them in time, after hundreds of cars were left stranded on city streets and driving was banned.

The city has now spent $5 million on private contractors to help with storm cleanup, $1 million of which will go directly to Buffalo alone.