BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Fire officials in Birmingham say three people died in an early morning apartment fire, and the blaze is being investigated as a possible homicide.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief C.W. Mardis says there was a little smoke showing when firefighters arrived early Friday morning at the building on 44th Street North.
Mardis says a 34-year-old man and his mother, whose age hasn't been determined were pronounced dead at the scene. He says a 12-year-old girl was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
He says fire and homicide investigators are on the scene.
I am sorry to hear about this. I will tell my department tonite when i go to work. I bet it was hard to tell the rest of the family what happan. So my prayer r out to the family in that apt. an my firefighter that put out the fire there.