Crews have torn down a Kalamazoo County house that was the site…
Four children and one adult died after a fire occurred in this home in the 6000 block of N Ave. in Texas Township. (April 25, 2009)
The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department says investigators …
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Patricia Jordan, the grandmother of the four children who died …
The fire occurred April 25 at a home at 6835 N Avenue in Texas …
The fire that killed four children Saturday morning could have …
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Cops: Kids, lighter started fatal fire
Five people died
Updated: Thursday, 29 Oct 2009, 3:36 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 29 Oct 2009, 3:36 PM EDT
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Department says investigators have a better idea of how a fire ignited in which five people died.
Sixteen people were in the home at 6835 N Ave. in Texas Township when the blaze started April 25.
Kianna Bracken, 2, Deontae Vaughn, 4, Zion Bryant, 4, and Daniel Adams, 6, died from smoke inhalation. Daniela Adams, 22, died May 4. Vernon Bryant, 5, was injured.
Fire investigators say the fire began on a mattress that was on the floor of the living room.
An exact cause could not be determined, police say, but it was "probably started by one of the children in the home playing with some type of ignition source such as a lighter or matches."
Authorities say there were no smoke detectors in the home, which allowed the fire to go unnoticed until it was too late, as the family slept.
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