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Three generations of Texans were trying to stay warm in the blackout when a deadly fire erupted
Kim Bellware, The Washington Post
Feb. 21, 2021
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Like millions of homes across Texas on Monday night, the power in Jackie Nguyen s house had been out for hours as she watched her young children try to keep warm by the fireplace and teach their grandmother the card game Speed.
That sight was one of the last things Nguyen remembers before waking up in the hospital on Tuesday. Around 2 a.m., a fire engulfed her Sugar Land home, killing her 75-year-old mother, Loan Le, and her children Olivia, 11; Edison, 8; and Colette, 5.