Tragic Indiana mobile home fire claims the lives of four children

A deadly fire swept through a Fort Wayne home on Thursday, killing four children, authorities said.

Firefighters responded to the blaze at the Dupont Estates Mobile Home Park on the city’s northeast side just before 8:30 a.m. and found the mobile home engulfed in flames, Fort Wayne Deputy Fire Chief Adam O´Connor said.

‘Crews pulled lines to start extinguishing the fire and looking for ways to enter the structure. Crews battled hard,’ a fire department report said.

The fire was deemed ‘under control’ in 23 minutes.

At least four adults who lived in the home were outside it when firefighters arrived, O’Connor said.

The adults were taken to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment, police said.

The four children were pronounced dead at the scene.

Shelby Wright, a neighbor, said she heard an explosion and that neighbors tried to get inside to save the children.

Authorities didn’t release the names or ages of the children or adults, or suggest a possible cause of the fire.

On Thursday night, a memorial made up from flowers and stuffed animals together with a wooden cross had been set up outside the mobile home.

‘There was just a bunch of screaming inside. I went to go to the front door because there was too much smoke on the outside. It felt like the door was barricaded or something. My full bodyweight and all my force, there was nothing I could do to pry the door open, nothing. All I heard was the screaming of one of the kids,’ neighbor Wesley Desjardins told WANE15.

‘Tell your loved ones you love them while you have the chance. You never know when you might lose them.’

Source: Daily mail