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A fast-moving blaze killed 10 people early Tuesday six of them children in Kentucky's deadliest house fire in at least 30 years.
One person was injured. Neighbors said the pair had to be prevented from running back into the flames in an attempt to rescue the screaming children.
Investigators had not determined the cause of the blaze, which broke out shortly before 4 a.m.
"It may have been an explosion in the center of the house. The fire flashed very quickly," Fire Department spokesman Tom Isaac said.
Neighbor Bennie Stone said he believed some of the people were staying there with relatives because their own furnace went out. The temperature fell to 11 degrees overnight, the National Weather Service said.
It was Kentucky's deadliest fire in any type of building since the Beverly Hills Supper Club blaze in northern Kentucky in 1977 killed 165 people, said Rob Goodwin, senior deputy state fire marshal. Before Tuesday's fire, Kentucky already had 12 fire deaths so far this year, according to the state fire marshal's office.
Bardstown Fire Chief Anthony Mattingly said the flames spread so rapidly that firefighters couldn't get inside.
"It just didn't make any difference how fast we were here for the victims that were found," he said.
Another deadly house fire killed four children early Tuesday outside Maryville, Tenn. The parents escaped from the burning home with a 3-year-old, but the other children, ages 7 to 14, died in the blaze, said Blount County, Tenn., Sheriff James Berrong. "It was just an accident and a tragedy," Berrong said. He said the victims were sleeping in upstairs bedrooms and the survivors were on the first floor.
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One person was injured. Neighbors said the pair had to be prevented from running back into the flames in an attempt to rescue the screaming children.
Investigators had not determined the cause of the blaze, which broke out shortly before 4 a.m.
"It may have been an explosion in the center of the house. The fire flashed very quickly," Fire Department spokesman Tom Isaac said.
Neighbor Bennie Stone said he believed some of the people were staying there with relatives because their own furnace went out. The temperature fell to 11 degrees overnight, the National Weather Service said.
It was Kentucky's deadliest fire in any type of building since the Beverly Hills Supper Club blaze in northern Kentucky in 1977 killed 165 people, said Rob Goodwin, senior deputy state fire marshal. Before Tuesday's fire, Kentucky already had 12 fire deaths so far this year, according to the state fire marshal's office.
Bardstown Fire Chief Anthony Mattingly said the flames spread so rapidly that firefighters couldn't get inside.
"It just didn't make any difference how fast we were here for the victims that were found," he said.
Another deadly house fire killed four children early Tuesday outside Maryville, Tenn. The parents escaped from the burning home with a 3-year-old, but the other children, ages 7 to 14, died in the blaze, said Blount County, Tenn., Sheriff James Berrong. "It was just an accident and a tragedy," Berrong said. He said the victims were sleeping in upstairs bedrooms and the survivors were on the first floor.
More at link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070206/ap_on_re_us/kentucky_house_fire&printer=1
