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PUNK AZZ FIRE DEPT.
House Fire Kills Three Children
POSTED: 6:58 am PST February 7, 2008
UPDATED: 12:35 pm PST February 7, 2008
SPRING VALLEY, Calif. -- Officials have identified the three children whose bodies were found in the charred ruins of an East County home Thursday morning.
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The fire killed three siblings, injured a teenage cousin and destroyed their grandparent's home Wednesday night, NBC 7/39 reported.
The medical examiner's office said Thursday morning that the children killed in the fire were Austin Buskirk, 2; Andrew Buskirk, 4; and Abbey Buskirk, 6.
The fire was reported at about 10:30 p.m. not far from Highway 125 in the 9000 block of Avocado Street near Valencia Street in Spring Valley, officials said. When crews from the San Miguel Fire Department arrived, the roof was engulfed in flames.
Two grandparents got out of the home safely. The 18-year-old cousin escaped, but he had third-degree burns on his hands and was taken to a hospital for treatment, NBC 7/39 reported.
The grandparents told firefighers that the fire was burning too intensely for firefighters to go inside.
"With a situation like this, with the intense heat and roof collapse, the rest of the roof could go at any time," SMFD spokesman Leonard Villarreal said. "They want to proceed carefully in terms of how they proceed, who they let in right now. We don't want any additional injures."
Once crews brought the blaze under control, they entered the home. They found the body of one child in a hallway. Two other bodies were in a back bedroom, officials said.
"We can confirm they are human remains," San Diego County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ver Dayrit said. "The medical examiner's office is completing their investigation."
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
I can't let this go.
V.
House Fire Kills Three Children
POSTED: 6:58 am PST February 7, 2008
UPDATED: 12:35 pm PST February 7, 2008
SPRING VALLEY, Calif. -- Officials have identified the three children whose bodies were found in the charred ruins of an East County home Thursday morning.
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View Images | Watch Video
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The fire killed three siblings, injured a teenage cousin and destroyed their grandparent's home Wednesday night, NBC 7/39 reported.
The medical examiner's office said Thursday morning that the children killed in the fire were Austin Buskirk, 2; Andrew Buskirk, 4; and Abbey Buskirk, 6.
The fire was reported at about 10:30 p.m. not far from Highway 125 in the 9000 block of Avocado Street near Valencia Street in Spring Valley, officials said. When crews from the San Miguel Fire Department arrived, the roof was engulfed in flames.
Two grandparents got out of the home safely. The 18-year-old cousin escaped, but he had third-degree burns on his hands and was taken to a hospital for treatment, NBC 7/39 reported.
The grandparents told firefighers that the fire was burning too intensely for firefighters to go inside.
"With a situation like this, with the intense heat and roof collapse, the rest of the roof could go at any time," SMFD spokesman Leonard Villarreal said. "They want to proceed carefully in terms of how they proceed, who they let in right now. We don't want any additional injures."
Once crews brought the blaze under control, they entered the home. They found the body of one child in a hallway. Two other bodies were in a back bedroom, officials said.
"We can confirm they are human remains," San Diego County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ver Dayrit said. "The medical examiner's office is completing their investigation."
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
I can't let this go.
V.
