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Six children and three adults died in Monday's blaze
Six children and three adults died in Monday's blaze

Six children among nine killed by Memphis house fire

A House fire has killed nine people in Memphis, Tennessee, in the city's worst tragedy in almost a century.

Six children and three adults died in Monday's blaze, and another child is in hospital fighting for his life, according to fire officials.

A neighbour described firefighters sobbing as they carried children's bodies from the one-storey property.

An electrical malfunction in an air conditioning unit's power cord caused the living room fire, said officials.

It is the most serious death from a single fire in the city since the 1920s, they added.

The breakdown of the death toll was changed after it was earlier announced that five children and four adults had died.

Most of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene in south Memphis.

Two other children died after being transported to Le Bonheur Children's hospital.

The ages children ranged from three to 17, family members told the Commercial Appeal.

"I've never seen firemen cry, but they were bawling like babies when they brought the children out," neighbour Shondra Hampton told the newspaper.

Credit: BBC

 

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