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>>> FIRST
>>> FIRST NIKON NEW DETAILS ON A DEADLY HOUSE FIRE IN CONROE.
A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY AND HIS
YOUNGER SISTER DIED.
THEIR 94-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER
WAS ALSO KILLED.
TWO OTHER SIBLINGS, FIVE-YEAR-
OLD AND SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BROTHERS
MADE IT OUT ALIVE.
THE MOTHER IS IN BAD SHAPE.
SHE WAS FLOWN TO THE MEDICAL
CENTER WITH SEVERE SMOKE
INHALATION.
INHALATION. THE FAMILY IS TOGETHER AT A
HOSPITAL REUNITED AFTER THAT
FIRE DESTROYED THEIR HOME. IN A
MOMENT THAT DORITY -- WE BEGIN
OUR TEAM COVERAGE WITH MELISSA
KOREA.
KOREA.
KOREA. >>
KOREA. >> Reporter: NEIGHBORS WHO
WITNESSED THE HOUSE FIRE ARE
HAVING TROUBLE TALKING ABOUT
WHAT THEY SAW.
THAT FAMILY RENTED THIS HOME
AND IN THAT TIME NEIGHBORS TOOK
TO THOSE CHILDREN GIVING THEM
THIS BASKETBALL HOOP AND NOT
THINKING TWICE ABOUT BREAKING
WINDOWS EARLY THIS MORNING.
>> TRYING TO BREAK WINDOWS AND
TRYING TO GET THE CHILDREN OUT
OF THE HOUSE
>> Reporter: NEIGHBORS WERE
ABLE TO PULL TWO BOYS FROM THE
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. >>
HOME. >> THERE'S POSSIBLY A BABY
STILL INSIDE.
STILL INSIDE. >> Reporter: AN 18-MONTH-OLD
GIRL AND HER SIX-YEAR-OLD
BROTHER DIED FROM SMOKE
INHALATION THE GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
WAS KILLED.
WAS KILLED. >> THIS FAMILY IS GOING TO THE
WORST POSSIBLE TRAGEDY ANYONE
CAN IMAGINE.
CAN IMAGINE. >> Reporter: FIRST RESPONDERS
ARE TALKING.
ARE TALKING. COUNSELORS AND CHAPLAINS WERE
DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE.
>> THIS WILL AFFECT OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT DEEPLY.
ENFORCEMENT DEEPLY. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS
THINK THE FIRE BEGAN IN THE
KITCHEN, WHICH IS WHY THAT
SECTION OF THE ROOF HAS SUNK IN.
IT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE
FAMILY TO ESCAPE WHEN THE FIRE
MOVED TO THE LIVING ROOM.>> SHE
MENTIONED CHAPLAINS HELPING
FIRST RESPONDERS.
FIRST RESPONDERS. SOME OF THESE FIREFIGHTERS WERE
THE SAME ONES WHO FOUGHT ABLAZE
THAT KILLED THREE CHILDREN AND
A FIRE A YEAR AGO.
>>> FIREFIGHTERS ZERO IN ON
SMOKE ALARMS AND WARNING FROM
THE FIRE MARSHAL THAT SURPRISED
A LOT OF US TODAY.
MATT DOUGHERTY IS WITH US.
>> Reporter: THE FIRE MARSHAL
SAID GO HOME AND CHECK YOUR
SMOKE ALARMS TONIGHT.
IF THEY DO NOT HAVE A BATTERY
BACKUP, YOU MUST GET ONES THAT
DO.
DO.
DO. NEW
DO. NEW HOMES WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE
HARDWIRED SMOKE DETECTORS IN
THE 90s AND THEY WERE CONNECTED
TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
BUT THE SMOKE DETECTORS AT THAT
TIME WERE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE
BATTERY BACKUPS.
BATTERY BACKUPS. SOCIAL WIRE -- SO IF A FIRE
BREAKS OUT AND THE POWER GOES
OUT, THERE IS NOTHING TO ALERT
FAMILY.>> WHEN YOU BUY
REPLACEMENTS NOW, THEY HAVE
BATTERIES IN THEM.
AND IN THIS CASE, THE ALARMS
WERE NOT GOING OFF.
>> Reporter: IN MONTGOMERY
COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL HAS A
PROGRAM WHERE FIREFIGHTERS WILL
GO TO INDIVIDUAL HOMES AND
INSTALL THESE ALARMS.
THEY HAVE TENURE LITHIUM
BATTERIES IN THEM SO THEY ARE
NOT SOMETHING YOU NEED TO
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. FIRE MARSHAL SAID THAT THE
RESIDENTS MOST AT RISK ARE
THOSE THAT ARE 65 YEARS AND
OLDER.
OLDER.
OLDER. HE
OLDER. HE SAID THEY ARE USUALLY SLOWER
TO RESPOND.
TO RESPOND. BACK