Reports: Fatal South Boston blaze followed fight over wallet

A 25-year-old woman accused of starting a South Boston fire that killed two children had been fighting with her girlfriend over a wallet allegedly stolen at a wedding, according to published reports.

[dennis- carpentier sr]

why were the children hiding in the closet??= was it because of the relationship or the argument???

[sal minella]

kids tend to hide in closets during fires thinking that it wont/cant get them in there.. but the 14 year old should have known a little better.

[God Bless These Children]

This fire engulfed the entire house in less than 3 minutes-this young girl was trying to save her little sister, and I'm sure thought the closet was the safest place-the fire dept responded to the scene within 3 minutes and were not able to go inside to get these little angles out-the older sister was holding the younger one in her arms when they were found-trying to protect her from the flames-this woman needs to be punished-the mother also needs to be punished-these children were left home alone at 3am when this fire broke out-the articles in boston herald give more info