BALTIMORE (AP) - A fire official says the search for bodies is expected to be slow at a fire-ravaged home in northeast Baltimore where six children are presumed dead.
Fire department spokesman Roman Clark said at a news conference Thursday that the children presumed dead are two boys, ages 9 months and 2 years; 3-year-old twin girls; and two girls, ages 10 and 11. He says one body has been found at the home.
Clark says the children's mother and two boys, ages 4 and 5, are in critical condition at a hospital. He says their 8-year-old sister, who helped rescue her younger brothers, may soon be released.
Clark says heavy fire was coming from all three floors of the home when firefighters arrived early Thursday. The third floor collapsed and the second floor partially collapsed.
