MILTON-FREEWATER, Ore. (AP) — Two young girls have died in a mobile home fire in Milton-Freewater in Eastern Oregon.
The Union-Bulletin in Walla Walla, Wash., reports that 16-month-old Olivia Wilson and 4-month-old Eva Wilson were in a back bedroom of the house when the fire broke out Tuesday morning.
Judy Divens, a former resident who was driving past the neighborhood, said she saw smoke and attempted a rescue with an unidentified man but they were unable to gain access before flames engulfed the house.
A teenager who was home sick escaped the blaze while the father of the girls, Hermillo Castillas, was at work.
The Umatilla County sheriff’s office says a fire marshal determined the fire was caused by combustibles too close to a space heater.
