Young brothers — ages 4 and 5 — die in mobile home fire, South Carolina coroner says
Young brothers — ages 4 and 5 — were killed when a mobile home caught fire in South Carolina, officials said.
The fire was reported at about 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, in the Westminster area, roughly 50 miles southwest of Greenville, the Oconee County Coroner’s Office said. The boys’ mother and their twin 1-year-old brothers also were in the home at the time of the deadly blaze.
The three managed to escape and were taken to a hospital for evaluations, WHNS and WYFF reported.
The older brothers, who lived at the home, were identified as 4-year-old Heath Trey Daniel Morse and 5-year-old Jacob Edward Todd Morse.
“The fire remains under investigation by the Oconee County Fire - Emergency Services, Oconee County Sheriff’s Department, SLED (S.C. Law Enforcement Division) Fire Investigators and the SC Fire Marshal’s Office,” the coroner’s office wrote in a news release, adding that autopsies would be performed.
Oconee County Emergency Services didn’t immediately share additional details with McClatchy News on Dec. 22.
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