Tragedy as five children aged 2, 4, 5, 11 and 13 die in huge house fire after they were left home alone
- The victims were unable to leave the two-story duplex alive
Tragedy struck when five children died in a house fire in northwestern Arizona after being left home alone.
The intense fire broke out around 5 p.m. Saturday and the victims were unable to escape from the two-story duplex in the community near the Colorado River as the property went up in flames.
The five victims were ages 2, 4, 5, 11 and 13 and their names have not yet been released.
Four of the children were siblings and the fifth child was a relative, said Emily Fromelt, a spokesperson for the Bullhead City Police Department.
One image showed firefighters frantically spraying the roof of the house to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire is still unknown.
The massive fire broke out around 5 p.m. Saturday and left victims unable to leave the two-story duplex in the community near the Colorado River.
The fire is being investigated by police, the city fire department and other agencies, including the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
In August, five people were found dead after a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three buildings and damaged at least a dozen others.
The bodies of four adults and a minor were recovered from the neighborhood after the blast shortly before 10:30 a.m. Aug. 12, Plum Borough Police Chief Lanny Conley said.
Footage of the explosion circulating online shows a house in the Pittsburgh suburb of Plum exploding and sending debris flying.