Greensboro NC News — Tragedy struck Columbus County early Saturday when four children died in a North Carolina house fire, according to officials. The blaze, reported shortly after 2:30 a.m., destroyed a home along North Colony Road, about a mile northeast of Chadbourn.
Columbus County Fire Marshal Shannon Blackman confirmed that the victims were all sisters, aged between 2 and 7. Two other children, both 11-year-old girls, managed to escape the flames and called for help.
Emergency Response – Four Sisters Died in House Fire in North Carolina
The first responders on scene included a Columbus County sheriff’s deputy and members of Chadbourn Rescue, who were returning from Columbus Regional Hospital in Whiteville. They arrived within seven minutes of the call but found the home fully engulfed in flames, making it impossible to enter.
“There was no way they could enter the structure at that point,” Blackman told the Columbus County News.
The fire happened at 259 North Colony Road, about five miles west-northwest of Whiteville and close to the U.S. 74 and N.C. 410 interchange.
This is a developing story, and updates will be provided as officials release more details.
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Source: myfox8
Written by: Daniel Olafamoye, Greensboro NC News.
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