Fire claims life of seventh victims
LANCASTER (AP) – Authorities say a 2-year-old boy critically injured in a central Pennsylvania house fire has died, bringing the toll from the blaze to seven.
Spokesman Grant Gegwich of Crozer Chester Medical Center says 2-year-old Kordell Kuhns was pronounced dead at about 4 p.m. Saturday at the hospital.
Two other victims, 41-year-old Crystal Kuhns and her 4-year-old daughter, Mickey, died earlier after being taken to the same hospital.
The fire also killed 51-year-old David Kuhns, 8-year-old Skylar Kuhns and 6-year-old Shawn Kuhns, along with 65-year-old homeowner Jimmie Moore.
Fire officials said the blaze started in the kitchen of a three-story duplex in Lancaster at about 3 a.m. Thursday after frozen potatoes were left in the oven.
One woman who escaped reportedly gave birth to a girl hours after fleeing for her life.