Fatal Fire That Killed Two Shaker Heights Sisters Ruled Accidental
Shaker Heights, OH - UPDATE: Fire investigators have determined that the fatal fire that killed two sistes and left another sister in critical condition originated at the east wall of the first floor den located at the rear of the home. The area of origin was at or around a fixed electric baseboard heater and was accidental in nature.
First arriving units were on scene within two minutes. They found fire coming from the rear of the home and heavy smoke coming from both stories. Two victims were found in the front yard and stated they had jumped from the second floor and that three small children remained in the home.
Rescue efforts were immediately initiated. The three children were found inside the home, two on the second floor and one on the first floor.
All three children were transported to South Pointe Hospital where two died of their injuries.
The third child, was flown to a hospital in Akron. The two victims that jumped from the second floor were transported to Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital.
Two little girls - six-year-old Imosa Ogbuji and her two-year-old sister, Chikaora, were killed.
Another child - one-year-old Anya - is listed in critical condition at Akron Children's Hospital Burn Unit.
Two young babysitters, 11 and 13-years-old, were watching the three children at the time.
The Ogbuji family moved into the Shaker Heights home in the summer of 2006.
