Kalamazoo Public Safety says four-year-old Evelyn Blackport and seven-year-old Elliot Blackport were killed in a house fire in the city’s Edison neighborhood early Monday morning. The fire started around 2 a.m. in the home on East Stockbridge Avenue near the intersection with Division Street. One adult and another child were able to get out of the home.
A neighbor called 9-1-1 and says officers were on scene within a minute, but it was too late to save the two young kids. The family had only lived in the home for about a month before the deadly fire hit. Kalamazoo Fire Marshal Scott Brooks says several homes in the area are older buildings with additions to them that make it more difficult to fight a fire. He is urging people to use the fire as a reminder to check their home’s smoke detectors.
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