Five grandchildren of Ariz. fire dept. employee killed in blaze while dad goes Christmas shopping
By Social Links for Olivia Land
Published Dec. 19, 2023, 9:47 a.m. ET
Five grandchildren of an Arizona fire department employee were killed in a blaze while their dad left them home alone to go Christmas shopping, authorities said.
Four siblings — boys ages 2, 5 and 13 and their 4-year-old sister — died alongside an 11-year-old male relative who was visiting them in their duplex Saturday evening, the Bullhead City Police Department said.
“There were no survivors,” police said of the fire that appears to have started in the downstairs foyer and traveled up the stairs, trapping all five kids in the upstairs bedroom.
“The children’s father reported to investigators that he was gone for approximately 2.5 hours to buy groceries and Christmas gifts,” police said.
Neither the dad nor the kids were identified. It was not immediately clear how the fifth child was related.
However, all five were grandchildren of a Bullhead City Fire Department employee, police said, without identifying the staffer or elaborating on their role.
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