Hurricane Irma: 10-year old boy killed in mobile fire without power

A 10-year-old boy, whose family was without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, was killed in a mobile home fire in Florida on Thursday, reports said.

A neighbor told Fox News that a candle may have started the fire that killed Matthew Aaron Nicklin and injured his 1-year-old brother in Marion County.

Dee Cole, a neighbor, told the station that she tried to help the children out of the home during the fire and said one of the children told her that a long candle bent and set fire to the mobile home’s drapes.

But, officials said they have not yet determined the cause of the blaze.

“From the point of view of the fire department, the cause of that fire is under investigation,” said Marion County Fire Rescue spokesman James Lucas.

Two other children, 8 and 12, and two adults in the family were not injured, reports said.

A Marion County Fire Rescue spokesman said the 1-year-old baby was unresponsive when rescuers first arrived, but became more responsive after CPR and was airlifted to the hospital, reports said.

The baby remains in stable condition at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville. 

Source: Fox News