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Five People Killed in Bella Vista, AR Fire

(Bella Vista, AR) -- An early morning fire killed five people inside a home on Powick Lane in Bella Vista.

Crews found 29-year-old Angie Reed, 11-year-old Jade Schieffer, 9-year-old Mica Schieffer and 4-year-old Kyra Schieffer dead inside. 42-year-old Steven Lee was also found inside.

A neighbor says the family is a husband and wife and their three daughters.

Crews responded to the house fire around 3:57 a.m. at 4 Powick Lane.

Neighbors say the sun had risen by the time they put the fire out.

Bella Vista Fire Chief Stephen Sims says the fire appears to be accidental, but is being investigated by the Bella Vista Fire Department with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Bella Vista Police Department.

Nine killed in apartment complex fire

2009-12-29 03:51:45 (GMT) (WiredPRNews.com - News)

Six children and three women were reportedly killed in an apartment fire in Mississippi.

Starkville, Mississippi (WiredPRNews.com) – Nine people were killed in an apartment complex fire in Mississippi on Monday. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), six children, who range in ages 6 months to 6 years, and three women, ages, 18, 20, and 25, died in the fire in the Academy Crossing complex, which neighbors reportedly state has electrical problems.

Latasha Brown, a resident in the complex, is quoted by the AP as stating of one of the victims, India Williams, “They were the kindest people who would not turn away a friend, especially when she had kids.” Lakesha Gillespie and Castella “Maria” Bell are the other two women killed in the fire.

Fire Chief Rodger Mann is quoted in the report as stating of the investigation into what started the fire, “A fire investigation is like a puzzle… We’ve got to get enough pieces of the puzzle to get a picture of what happened

House Fire Leaves 1 Dead, 1 in Hospital

2 Year Old Still in Critical Condition

Updated: Wednesday, 21 Oct 2009, 12:54 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 19 Oct 2009, 4:18 PM CDT

by Marcus Hunter/myfoxmemphis.com

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Screams filled the evening sky as family members try to cope with what happened Monday in a South Memphis community. Two children, 2-year old Catareon Dunn and 3-year old Ladareon Dunn, were left home alone shortly before a fire broke out.

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Officials responded to a house fire call at 1236 Effie Road off Mt. Moriah.

The two boys were left unattended while their mother and aunt left the house to go drop off a friend. Sometime after that, 911 received a call from neighbors saying the house was on fire.

Neighbors say they heard screams coming from the house and rushed to the back door to try and rescue the children. However, when they got there, the flames and smoke were too powerful for them to enter.

When the children were finally pulled from the house, onlookers described them as looking like "rag dolls." Both were rushed to the Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in critical condition. Ladareon died shortly thereafter. Catareon remains in critical condition.

The children’s aunt, Marilyn Wilson, who left the house with the mother, said she had no regrets about leaving the children home alone, “No, I really don’t because if they had been there by themselves, I don’t know if the boys set the house on fire or somebody threw something in there to set it on fire. I really need to get in there to see if my purse burned up. I had my Food Stamp Card and everything in there.”

The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Memphis Fire Department.