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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An early Saturday morning fire killed five children, a teenager and an adult, but three youths were able to escape and were being treated for burns.
Neighbor Lamar Boyce said he was awakened about 5:30 a.m. by the victims’ cries for help and saw two of the survivors jump from a second- story window.
The two teenagers and an 11-year-old boy who escaped were hospitalized with second-degree burns, said Fire Department spokesman Lt. Keith Staples.
Relatives identified the adult victim as Melissa Poole, 38, and said four of her children died with her. A niece and nephew who were visiting when the fire broke out also died, family members said.
