Arizona house fire kills 5 children aged between 2 to 13 after they were left alone at home
COLORADO CITY, ARIZONA: Tragic events occurred when five children in northwest Arizona were left home alone and perished in a house fire. The fierce fire broke out in Bullhead City, close to the Arizona-Nevada border, in the 400 block of Anna Circle at approximately five o'clock on Saturday.
As the property caught fire, the five victims—ages 2, 4, 5, 11, and 13—were unable to flee the two-story duplex in the neighborhood close to the Colorado River.
Devasted mother shares her feelings on Facebook
The names of the five victims are still unknown. The fifth child was a relative, and the other four were siblings, according to Emily Fromelt, a Bullhead City Police Department spokesperson.
A five-year-old boy's mother posted on Facebook, saying, "Mommy loves you so much I'm so lost for words."
She further stated, "I don't know what to say I don't know what to think I wish you were here with me. I'm so sorry buddy, I love you so much. Such a beautiful soul [taken so] young. May you rest in peace with the other four beautiful children."
In another post, she shared, she added, "I only got 5 years with him please bring me my baby back," DailyMail reported.
Bullhead City Chief of Police Robert Trebes also addressed the fatal fire in a video that took the lives of five children.
How did the fire in the Colorado City home start?
Investigations are ongoing to determine the cause of the fire. Investigators from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as well as representatives from the city's police and fire departments, are attempting to determine the cause of the fire, Arizona Republic stated.
Photos taken at the scene showed the fire department desperately dousing the house's roof with water to put out the fire.
One of the children was a kindergartener at the neighboring Desert Valley School, according to Lance Ross, the public information officer for the Bullhead City School District, who spoke with AZ Central.
"It’s a growing community but, at its heart, it’s still a small community. So when things like this happen, people pull together," Ross said.
