Three Children, Woman, Dead in Texas Mobile Home Fire

CONROE, Texas (AP) — A mobile home fire has left three children and a woman dead in Texas.

Police tape outlines the scene of a mobile home fire in Conroe, Texas, early Sunday May 15, 2011 which claimed the lives of four, including three children, according to the Conroe Fire Department. Killed in the blaze were 24-year-old Celia Camacho, 3-year-old Alejandro Camacho, 6-year-old Sergio Camacho and 9-year-old Eric Pineda. The blaze ignited shortly before 2 a.m. in the 1900 block of South First at Patricia Lane. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Sarah Raslan)


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Firefighters who arrived at the burning home early Sunday in Conroe found two of the children in a bedroom, but were unable to revive them. The bodies of the woman and the third child were found during a later search.

Police identified the victims as 24-year-old Celia Camacho, 3-year-old Alejandro Camacho, 6-year-old Sergio Camacho and 9-year-old Eric Pineda.

Autopsies are planned. The cause of the fire has not been determined.

A 7-year-old girl and a man and woman also in the home were able to escape. They suffered from smoke inhalation and were taken to area hospitals.

Conroe is about 40 miles north of Houston.

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