7-year-old boy who died in Newark house fire ‘always wanted to have fun’ Updated 3:45 PM; Today 3:45 PM Saahir Keiron Hartfield died in a Newark house fire on April 8, 2021. He was 7 years old.courtesy of Kamilah Richardson Facebook Share Saahir Keiron Hartfield was dressed in new sneakers and a durag for a birthday party one year and came outside to show off the outfit to his great aunt. She was staring at her phone instead, so he stomped his feet to get her attention. “He just put his hands on his hips like, ‘Look at my outfit,’” Kamilah Richardson said of her nephew.