Police and relatives have identified the two young boys killed in a four-alarm fire at a Lawrence, Massachusetts, apartment building
Nine-year-old Kelvin Medina and his 4-year-old brother, Giancarlo Marrero, were trapped in a third-floor bedroom, after the fire broke out just after 3 a.m. Tuesday.
The state fire marshal determined that the blaze was an accident caused by an electrical wiring failure in a first-floor ceiling in the three-story, six-unit apartment building. Several cars were also destroyed by the fire.
Autopsies are scheduled on the boys' bodies.
Residents who escaped said they were alerted by smoke alarms and a stranger who threw rocks at windows to alert residents.
Fire Marshall Stephen Coan says 48 people have died in fires in Massachusetts this year.
Young Boys Killed in 4-Alarm Fire Identified
Police and relatives have identified the two young boys killed in a four-alarm fire at a Lawrence, Massachusetts, apartment building
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