Four Sisters Aged 2 to 7 Die in House Fire After Being Left Home Alone Overnight
Four young sisters, ages 2 to 7, tragically lost their lives in a house fire in North Carolina early Saturday morning, while two other girls managed to escape and raise the alarm.
The blaze broke out around 2:30 a.m. on August 30 at a home on North Colony Road, Columbus County Fire Marshal Shannon Blackman told CBS 17. No adults were present at the time.
According to officials, two 12-year-old girls—one of them also a sister to the victims—escaped the burning home and quickly called 911.
Emergency crews from the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office and Chadbourn Rescue arrived within seven minutes, but by then the house was already engulfed in flames, making it impossible to save the trapped children.
“Due to the severity of the fire, it was not possible to make a safe entry into the home,” Columbus County Sheriff Bill Rogers said in a news release.
Two Columbus County residents have now started a GoFundMe for the family.
“It is with heavy hearts that we share the devastating news of the tragic loss of Kendall, Kalani, Josie, and Sophia, who passed away in a house fire,” Ansley Hayes and B. Tyler Grainger wrote online.
The de@ths have shaken the community and many people knew the family and mother, identified as Reagan Powers by the Columbus County News.
“These beautiful souls brought immense joy and love to their family and everyone who was blessed to know them,” the fundraiser said about the little girls who di£d.
