3 kids dead from West Bloomfield house fire; no working smoke detectors

Three children were killed in a house fire in West Bloomfield Township on Sunday, and authorities are still unsure of the parents’ whereabouts and the reasons the kids were unable to escape the flaming residence.

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    Three kids died in a house fire in West Bloomfield Township
    
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    The two boys and girl were trapped inside the home and couldn’t get out
    
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    Fire investigators said the home did not have any working smoke detectors
    

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  Three kids died in a house fire in West Bloomfield Township
  
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  The two boys and girl were trapped inside the home and couldn’t get out
  
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  Fire investigators said the home did not have any working smoke detectors
  

(FOX2) WEST BLOOMFIELD TWP, Mich.Numerous questions remain. Authorities are learning that there were no functional smoke detectors inside the house while they conduct their investigation.

The house fire on Pembury Lane on Sunday claimed the lives of a 16-year-old girl, a 12-year-old boy, and a 15-year-old boy. Just before 8 p.m., firefighters were called to the house and forced their way through the front doors to discover the children inside.

After being admitted to the hospital, the three siblings passed away.

We know:

A marked police cruiser was parked outside the house on Monday. According to one neighbor, he had no clue that anything was amiss.

“I heard no one attempting to escape. There was no noise that I could hear. Jonathan Estes remarked, “I don’t understand why you know you didn’t hear that or anything.”

According to West Bloomfield Fire Marshal Byron Turnquist, the house’s smoke detectors weren’t functioning.

What is unknown to us:

The first thing Turnquist is attempting to address is how the fire began.

“We re taking a look at everything we re taking everything into account,” Turnquist stated.

Furthermore, neither the location of the grownups nor the reason why the kids were unable to leave the house are known.

“I m not sure at this time, so I know the police department has interviewed the parents and I just don t have the results of the interview, so I m not sure where they were at the time of the fire,” he stated.

What you are able to do:

Tonight, authorities are asking everyone to check their smoke alarms and replace those that are older than ten years.

The Source: For this article, FOX 2 interviewed Fire Marshal Byron Turnquist and West Bloomfield Township neighbors.