Six children presumed dead in Baltimore fireSix of nine children in a family are presumed by authorities to have died in a Baltimore house fire. A woman and three other children escaped the midnight blaze and were hospitalised as of midday Thursday, fire officials said. The six children missing and three who are hospitalised are siblings in the family of Katie Malone and her husband, said Congressman Elijah E. Cummings. In December, there were twice the number of fire deaths compared with the previous year, according to the Baltimore Sun. Among those who died in the recent incidents were a 90-year-old woman and four children.

Source: Stuff January 12, 2017 19:06 UTC