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Young mother and her 4 daughters under the age of 6 die in tragic house fire
“In my 30 years of service, this is the most difficult scene I’ve responded to.
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Mother, 4 young girls killed in house fire
A 25-year-old mother and her four daughters, all under the age of 6, died in a tragic house fire in Des Plaines, Illinois. WLS-TV
A 25-year-old mother and her four young daughters have been killed after a house fire ravaged their family home.
The incident occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m. in Des Plaines, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, when the Des Plaines Fire Department responded to reports of smoke at a single family property which had been converted into four apartments, according to a statement issued by the Des Plaines Fire Department.
By JON HAWORTH, ABC News
(CHICAGO) A 25-year-old mother and her four young daughters have been killed after a house fire ravaged their family home.
The incident occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Des Plaines, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, when the Des Plaines Fire Department responded to reports of smoke at a single family property which had been converted into four apartments, according to a statement issued by the Des Plaines Fire Department.
Inside the home at the time was a 25-year-old mother along with her four young daughters aged 6, 5, 3 and 1 while the father was at work, according to ABC News’ Chicago station WLS-TV.