MASSENA, N.Y. (AP) — Six members of the family, together with three kids, died after a fast-moving fireplace swept by a house in northern New York, in keeping with officers.
Excessive winds fueled the hearth that struck a single-family residence at round 10 p.m. on Monday in Massena, a city close to the St. Lawrence River and the northern border with Canada.
State and county fireplace officers had been investigating the reason for the hearth and stated they consider it began within the kitchen.
A member of the family recognized the victims as Diana Avery, Thomas Bowen, Tiara Bowen, Joshuha Bowen, 14, Eli Bowen, 9, and Karmen Bowen, 6. The relative, Joseph Bowen, stated Avery owned the home and was his mom 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 stated in a cellphone interview Thursday. “They loved camping. They loved to go to the beach and they loved playing in water.”
The household in an announcement thanked group members, together with emergency responders and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, for his or her assist.
“Although our hearts are saddened and mourn for the loss of our family members, it is uplifting to hear how our family has touched and uplifted this community,” the household stated in an announcement to offered to native information retailers. “Like this tragedy, words cannot express how this affects the community they had and the coming together of the community.”
Massena Central Faculty District Superintendent Ronald Burke stated in a message to the college group that “our hearts are broken at the loss of the three Bowen children,” who he stated attended the junior excessive and elementary faculties.
