Two Children Perish in House Fire
By: Import User
Updated: January 16, 2009
(Holts Summit, MO) -- Tragedy strikes two Missouri parents when a house fire traps and kills their children.
A mobile home in Holts Summit caught fire Thursday morning, and engulfed the home in flames.
Fire crews used axes and chainsaws to try to get in to rescue two young girls inside.
Neighbors believe the girls were ages three and five.
One fireman said that they did all they could, but just couldn't get to them.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
