Friday, January 01, 2010

Five Killed In Eastern MetroRegion K.C. House Fire



T
he Carroll County sheriff's office and the Associated Press reports that five were killed- 3 children and 2 adults- in a house fire east of the small northwestern Carroll county hamlet of Reynolds early New Year's Day.



A father- mother and one of their children were among the dead along with 2 yet-undisclosed-identity minors.

Two others escaped the fire- one reportedly going to a neighbor's house to call 9-1-1 around 5 am Friday morning.

Carroll County Sheriff Troy Hofstetter said the fire was "a strange one" in that it was restricted to the basement of the single-story rural home.

Awaiting an official report from the Missouri Fire Marshal's office....

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