Woman, 3 Children Die in House Fire
From Times Wire Reports
Fire swept through a home in Binghamton, killing a woman and three of her children and damaging four other buildings, including a neighboring church.
The father managed to alert his oldest daughter in time for her to escape and then jumped to safety from a second-floor window, Fire Chief Clifford Colgan said.
Emergency crews found Michael Ray, 56, and his daughter Courtney, 17, on the front lawn. “He kept saying: ‘My wife! My kids! My wife! My kids!’ ” said neighbor Rick Smith.
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