Three Children Die in Fire Caused by Candles
Associated Press
OAKLAND —
Three sleeping children died Thursday when fire engulfed their family’s apartment, which their mother had lit by candles because the electricity had been turned off, authorities said.
Oakland Fire Chief Reg Garcia said the children burned to death in their beds when a fire broke out while the mother was in a neighbor’s apartment using the phone.
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