A burned trailer where three children were killed in a fire this morning sits charred in Whispering Oaks Trailer Park in Houma, La. Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013.HOUMA, La. – Louisiana officials say a mobile home fire has killed three children and injured seven others.
District Chief Lance LaMarca of the state Fire Marshal’s office says a 13-year-old girl, a 12-year-old boy and an 11-year-old boy died at the Whispering Oaks Trailer Park in Houma.
Their parents and five other children were taken to a Baton Rouge burn unit.
Houma Fire Inspector Mike Millet says the trailer was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.
He says the children’s father rescued one child, but was unable to get the other three because the fire spread so quickly.