A fire that ripped through a Mississippi home early on Saturday killed a mother and her six children despite the father’s efforts to get them out safely, officials said. Firefighters found the home on Old Vicksburg Road in Clinton, Miss., engulfed in flames after responding to a call around 12:30 a.m., Fire Chief Jeff Blackledge said. “At the time, they didn’t know how many people were inside the house, if anybody,” Chief Blackledge said. Five of the children were found huddled in one bedroom and the mother and another child were found in a different bedroom, Chief Blackledge said. All of the children, except for the 1-year-old, were boys, he said.

Source: New York Times February 09, 2020 01:07 UTC