Miracle, Steven and Wilma Gingerich died in the fire. Author: Rich Nye Updated: 7:50 PM EST March 1, 2021
KOKOMO, Ind. The state fire marshal is investigating the cause of a house fire that killed three children over the weekend in Miami County. The three siblings were just six, five and one year old. The family’s church and school community are devastated and trying to help the mother who survived.
Not much of the house is still standing in rural Kokomo. Six-year-old Miracle, five-year-old Steven, and 18-month-old Wilma Gingerich were in a second-floor room Saturday morning. Their mother, Laura Gingerich, was in a downstairs bathroom when she smelled smoke. She could not get up the stairs to her children because of heavy smoke.