Five children have been killed in a house fire in the town
of Edna, officials confirmed to NBC affiliate KTRK-TV.
Tuesday in rural southeast Texas,
officials said. Two adults, identified as Johnny Hernandez and Annabelle Ortiz,
and one of their kids escaped the blaze, which broke out around 5 a.m. local
time in Edna, about 100 miles southwest of Houston. Ortiz was taken to the
hospital, while Hernandez was treated for minor injuries at the scene, Jackson
County Sheriff A.J. Louderback told NBC News.
Hernandez, 30, was able to help his wife and one of their
4-year-old children out of a window, but was held back when he tried to go back
inside. The victims were identified as: Noah, 15,Nicholas, 13, Julian, 10,
Ariana, 5, and Liliana, 4, NBC
affiliate KPRC reported. “We’re taking it really hard. It’s probably one of
the biggest tragedies in Edna, in all around,” Hernandez’s brother, Rico Hernandez, told the
Victoria Advocate. The fire remains under investigation. "It was an
old trailer so maybe it was something electrical,” Rico Hernandez added. “I’m
guessing it was cold last night so something with the heater." Via.NBC
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