The parents of three small children who died in a fire at the northwest Harris County apartment where they were left alone Monday night have been charged with endangering their children.
A candle left burning in the apartment -- where the electricity had been cut off -- is believed to have caused the fire that killed Ashlyn Page, 2, Alliaha Page, 4, and Alexis Page, 6, investigators said this morning. Their parents, Kelvin Rucker, 30, and Royshunda Love, 24, left the children sleeping in upstairs rooms of the apartment to visit a nearby Wal-Mart, said Harris County Sheriff's Department investigators.
The bodies of the children were found upstairs by firefighters after the fire was extinguished. "This is the worst one I've seen in 25 years," said Champions Volunteer Fire Chief Hilland Hardy.
Rucker and Love, who arrived at the apartment while the fire was being fought, were questioned overnight by investigators, and have been charged with three counts each of endangering a child.
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A candle left burning in the apartment -- where the electricity had been cut off -- is believed to have caused the fire that killed Ashlyn Page, 2, Alliaha Page, 4, and Alexis Page, 6, investigators said this morning. Their parents, Kelvin Rucker, 30, and Royshunda Love, 24, left the children sleeping in upstairs rooms of the apartment to visit a nearby Wal-Mart, said Harris County Sheriff's Department investigators.
The bodies of the children were found upstairs by firefighters after the fire was extinguished. "This is the worst one I've seen in 25 years," said Champions Volunteer Fire Chief Hilland Hardy.
Rucker and Love, who arrived at the apartment while the fire was being fought, were questioned overnight by investigators, and have been charged with three counts each of endangering a child.
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