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Updated 3 hours ago
What to Know
The deadly house fire happened at around 12:25 a.m. on May 6 at a home on a cul-de-sac on Coralwood Court in Chula Vista.
Four people were inside the house: a woman, man, and the man s two children.
Family members have identified the father as Jesus Suro, and the children as 4-year-old Joshua and 5-year-old Gabriel.
NBC 7 has learned the names of the two boys tragically killed in a house fire Thursday, and the name of their father who was badly burned trying to rescue them from the blaze.
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CHULA VISTA (KUSI) – Two children were killed and their father suffered severe burns early Thursday morning when a blaze tore through a Chula Vista home, authorities said.
The fire was reported about 12:25 a.m. at a two-story house on Coralwood Court, off Sandalwood Drive and Bonita Road just southwest of Interstate 805, according to the Chula Vista Fire Department Capt. Linda D’Orsi.
Firefighters arrived within five minutes and found the home engulfed in flames, D’Orsi said.
A woman, dad, and their two children were inside the home when the fire sparked, but the children could not escape the fire and were pronounced dead at the scene, the captain said. The children’s ages were not immediately available.
Updated 4 hours ago
What to Know
The deadly house fire happened at around 12:25 a.m. on May 6 at a home on a cul-de-sac on Coralwood Court in Chula Vista.
Four people were inside the house: a woman, man, and the man s two children.
The kids, believed to be around 4 and 5 years old, died in the fire; the adults survived.
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“They were great little boys. [Their dad] played with them a lot. My boys played with them. They always laughed, and I can’t imagine how he will deal with this. I don’t – that was his whole world. It was, said Debra Combs, a former roommate of the kids father.