Community gathers to mourn child victim of West End apartment fire
âEverybody around here took care of that little boy.â
3-year-old killed, 3 displaced in West End apartment fire By Kody Fisher | February 22, 2021 at 9:55 PM EST - Updated February 23 at 6:39 AM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Family, friends and West End community members came together for an impromptu vigil Monday evening, hours after an apartment fire led to the death of a young child.
Those gathered brought stuffed animals and balloons. The heartbreaking tributes now sit arrayed on the sidewalk beside dozens of candles that were briefly lit but refused to keep kindled in the wind.
Coroner IDs 3-year-old boy killed in West End fire Amari Campbell, 3, died on Monday following an apartment fire in the West End. (Source: WXIX) By Jennifer Edwards Baker and Joanna Bouras | February 23, 2021 at 8:08 AM EST - Updated February 24 at 8:45 AM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The identity of a 3-year-old boy killed in a West End apartment fire Monday has been released.
Amari Campbell was pronounced dead at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, according to the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office.
Firefighters say they think the child was lighting incense when a couch caught on fire in the 1500 block of Dudley Walk Drive.