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7 dead, 3 injured in TN house fire
Dwayne Jones through WMC-TV. Click here for WMC-TV’s coverage
From the Associated Press:
The Memphis Fire Department says five children, a teenager and an adult have been killed in a house fire.
Lt. Keith Staples says firefighters don’t yet know the exact ages or genders of the victims. Also, two teens and an 11-year-old boy were sent to hospitals with burns. Staples says firefighters aren’t sure how the three were able to escape the house.
He says the cause of the fire isn’t yet known. It broke out about 5:30 a.m. Saturday.
Fire officials told The Commercial Appeal newspaper that search crews discovered the bodies after extinguishing the flames.
