Burned hot dogs lead to fatal fire
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Fire investigators in Birmingham say hot dogs left unattended on a stove led to a blaze that killed an 81-year-old woman and her son.
Authorities say the woman and her son who died Monday night are among four people in Birmingham to die in 2013 because of food left unattended on a stove. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief C.W. Mardis said 24 fires have started because of unattended food in the city this year.
AL.com reported the man was hospitalized at UAB for smoke inhalation and later died. The woman was found dead in a bedroom. Officials have not released the victims’ identities.
20 are charged with sex crimes
ATLANTA – Authorities say more than 20 people have been arrested on charges related to child exploitation and prostitution in an operation designed to coincide with Atlanta’s hosting the NCAA Final Four.
FBI spokesman Stephen Emmett said a busy weekend in Atlanta increased probability of child prostitution and recovery of victims associated with it. The FBI Metro Atlanta Child Exploitation Task Force and eight local and state agencies worked together between April 4 and April 8 in Operation Intentional Foul. Emmett said 21 people were arrested.