Four little girls — all sisters — di£d in a North Carolina, U.S. house fire early Saturday as two other girls managed to escape and call for help.
No adults were at home around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, August 30, when the fire broke out, k!lling the girls aged 2 to 7, Columbus County Fire Marshal Shannon Blackman told CBS 17.
Two other 12-year-old girls — one a sister of the others — managed to escape the North Colony Road home, officials said.
They called 911, prompting a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office and a Chadbourn Rescue team to arrive in just seven minutes.
But, the home was already engulfed in flames and the first responders couldn’t save the girls trapped inside.
“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.
