Two parents, four kids killed in rural house fire in Illinois

  • Source: WIFR-TV CBS 23 Rockford
  • Published: 11/21/2017 12:00 AM

Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle says the six people killed overnight in a house fire in rural Dixon included two parents, four children, a cat and a dog. Sheriff VanVickle says at this time no names or ages are being released. The school district where the children attended has been notified. Neighbors tell 23 News the area in unincorporated Lost Nation is a very close community where everyone knows each other. Ogle County Coroner Louis Finch says autopsies will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Finch says the bodies were so badly burned that he will rely on dental records to identify the victims. Speaking to the Associated Press, Captain Isaac Dimming of the Dixon Rural Fire Department says there was no way the firefighters could enter the home because it was fully engulfed. He says the bodies of the six people were not found until the fire was brought under control.



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