Firefighters sift through the charred remains of a mobile home where five children perished in an early-morning fire Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in Edna, Texas. AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett CoomerHOUSTON – Five children were killed after their South Texas mobile home caught on fire and its roof partially collapsed, making rescue attempts impossible, officials said Tuesday.
Emergency personnel arrived shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday at the mobile home in Edna, a town of less than 6,000 residents about 100 miles southwest of Houston.
Edna Fire Department Capt. Nick Strauss said when firefighters arrived at the scene, 60 to 75 percent of the mobile home was already engulfed in flames and the blaze only got worse after that.
Six firefighters went into the home looking for the kids.
“At the time our first unit got to the scene, fire was showing through the roof,” Strauss said. “The chances of someone surviving that by the time our guys got there were slim to none.”