(CNN) A mother was outside her home in Bakersfield, California, with her daughter late Thursday when the house caught fire. Kristina Stratton ran into the two-story house to rescue her children, pastor and family friend Angelo Frazier said. One of her children woke up to discover the situation and realized she couldn't breathe or go downstairs, where Stratton was. Stratton's five children are now left without a mother, and her three youngest children are now orphans. Four years ago, her husband and the father of three of her children died of cancer.

Source: CNN February 09, 2019 20:03 UTC