Six family members, including three children, have d!ed after a fast-moving fire swept through a home in northern New York.
It was gathered that high winds fueled the fire that struck a single-family home at around 10 p.m. on Monday in Massena, a town near the St. Lawrence River and the northern border with Canada.
State and county fire officials were investigating the cause of the fire and said they believe it started in the kitchen.
A family member identified the victims as Diana Avery, Thomas Bowen, Tiara Bowen, Joshua Bowen, 14, Eli Bowen, 9, and Karmen Bowen, 6.
The relative, Joseph Bowen, said Avery owned the house and was his mother and Thomas Bowen was his brother.
‘My brother was a jack-of-all-trades and his wife was the keeper of the children,’ Joseph Bowen said in a phone interview Thursday.
‘They loved camping. They loved to go to the beach and they loved playing in water.’
