JAMESON (AP) – Investigators have recovered two of three bodies of children who died in a northwest Missouri fire during the weekend.
Daviess County Sheriff Ben Becerra says three others escaped the Saturday night blaze at a two-story farmhouse in Jameson, about 60 miles northeast of St. Joseph.
The Kansas City Star reports investigators haven’t identified the two bodies found early Monday.
Becerra says 20-year-old Jordan Curtis, 10-year-old Travis Curtis and 8-year-old Drake Curtis escaped. Jordan Curtis was injured when he tried to rescue the other children. He was in serious condition Monday. Drake Curtis was in critical condition and Travis was released from the hospital.
Becerra says the fire likely started in the first-floor living room where the children were sleeping but the cause is still under investigation.
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JAMESON (AP) – Northwest Missouri authorities are continuing to search for the human remains of three young children believed to have died in a house fire over the weekend.
Daviess County Sheriff Ben Becerra said three others were able to escape the late Saturday night blaze at the Jameson home.
They are 20-year-old Jordan Curtis, 10-year-old Travis Curtis and 8-year-old Drake Curtis.
Becerra told the St. Joseph News-Press the family said then not all children were accounted for and may still be in the two-story farmhouse.
Firefighters attempted to control the blaze, but the structure collapsed.
A 9-month-old, 2-year-old and a 6-year-old are believed to have died.
The cause of the fire isn’t known and remains under investigation.