HOOSICK, N.Y. (AP) — Fire tore through a home in this rural town, killing three children and their father, who had rushed back into the flames to try to save the youngsters, authorities said.
The blaze broke out shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday in a two-story home nestled amid tall pines outside the village of Hoosick Falls, near the Vermont line, about 25 miles northeast of Albany.
Brian Decatur, 41, and his wife, Cheryl, 38, apparently escaped, but the husband ran back into the blazing house to try to save the children, said Fire Chief William Rifenburgh Jr.
The cause of the fire was under investigation, state police said. About 20 marijuana plants were recovered from the home.