An early-morning house fire in central Indiana killed four young sisters and sent their mother and two would-be rescuers to the hospital, authorities said Monday. The fire at the home in Flora was called in at around 3:40 a.m., said Todd Trent, an assistant chief of the local fire department. Firefighters who arrived a few minutes later were able to retrieve the children but couldn't revive them, Trent said. Flora Police Chief Paul Redmon said the girls ranged in age from preschool to the sixth grade, WLFI-TV reported. All four children attended the local school, you have all the classmates who knew them and the mother worked here in town," he said.

Source: Fox News November 21, 2016 17:31 UTC