Fatal Fire in Carpentersville: Three children die in a house fire on Kingston Circle, according to fire authorities

CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (WLS) — A third child has died after a house fire Sunday morning in Carpentersville.

The video in this story is from a previous report

The fire broke out at a home in the 1700-block of Kingston Circle in Carpentersville, fire officials said.

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According to fire officials, two children lost their lives in the fire, and a third child was taken to Sherman Hospital before being transferred to Loyola Medical Center. The Cook County Medical Examiner later confirmed that the two-year-old child passed away at the hospital.

Firefighters mentioned that the fire rapidly spread, and upon their arrival, the house was already completely engulfed in flames, with three very young children trapped in the basement.

The incident occurred shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Sunday when Sam Olvera, a resident of Carpentersville, observed flames erupting from his neighbor’s residence through his window.

“By the time I got dressed and come out and see what I could do, the house just went up in flames,” Olvera said. “The whole front of the house.”

Then things got worse.

“I thought everybody was out, and thought, ‘Okay, we’ll just wait for the fire department to get here,'” Olvera said. “And all of a sudden I heard, ‘There’s kids in there. There’s kids in there.'”

Firefighters arrived within minutes. Reports were that six people were trapped inside, including three young children who were reported to be in the basement.

“The guys went to work right away,” Chief Anaszewicz said. “Grabbed what they could to try to put the fire out. Start a search immediately of the building.”

Seeing the magnitude of the fire, a MABAS alarm was called, bringing in resources from all over Kane County.

“Upon arrival the crews had fire coming out of all four windows of the building here,” Carpentersville Fire Chief William Anaszewicz said.. “So their immediate response was to try to put the fire out and then initiate the searches then made it in through the front door and were able to take two of the older victims out and then conducted the searches in the lower level where the children were reported. They were able to get the one out and the two, like I said, passed away.”

The shocking tragedy reverberated Sunday throughout the community.

“It’s a tragic loss we’ve had here today,” Carpentersville Village President John Skillman said. “Just here to support the neighbors and families involved.”

The cause of the fire is still under investigation with ATF and the State Fire Marshall brought in to help.