GALAX, Va. (AP) — Police say a child playing with a lighter and a candle ignited a house fire that killed three children in Southwest Virginia.
Carroll County Sheriff J. B. Gardner says in a news release that the March 5 fire has been ruled an accident.
Three children died from injuries suffered in the fire. They’ve been identified as 9-month-old Randy Delp, 7-year-old Dominic Delp and 4-year-old Ryleigh Delp.
Gardner says the medical examiner’s office determined that all three victims died from smoke inhalation.
The children’s mother, Amanda Delp, and 5-year-old Gabriel Delp survived the fire.
The fire began in the house’s kitchen area.
The sheriff says the family asks that parents discuss the dangers of fire with their children.
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