Some lawmakers are pushing for a bill to require the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services look for working smoke detectors during their annual inspections of day care centers. This comes after five children died in a fire at an Erie day care that lacked enough working smoke detectors.
What to Know
- Five children died when fire tore through Harris Family Daycare in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 11.
- The ATF said the 1 a.m. blaze began in the first-floor living room.
- Two older boys escaped with minor injuries by crawling onto a roof. The homeowner was injured and required hospital treatment.
Investigators are blaming an electrical extension cord for a fire that killed five small children two months ago in Pennsylvania.
The investigative team said Thursday that the deadly Aug. 11 fire at the Erie, Pennsylvania, home that included the Harris Family Daycare was an accident, caused by an electrical failure associated with the routinely used cord.
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced the 1 a.m. blaze began in the first-floor living room.
The Erie Times-News says two older boys escaped with minor injuries by crawling onto a roof. The homeowner was injured and required hospital treatment.
Investigators searched the property and electrical items were examined at a bureau laboratory in Maryland.
