Another 30-40 people left homeless
BONHAM, TEXAS (AP) -- A family of three - a mother and her two children - are dead after flames swept through an apartment complex in the Northeast Texas town of Bonham.
Witnesses to the late Sunday afternoon fire say the three victims apparently were trapped when fast-moving flames enveloped a stairwell that provided their only escape route. Neighbors identified the dead mother as Brandy Chesser. Witnesses say they saw her beating on a window of her apartment, crying for help, until she lost consciousness.
The American Red Cross says 30 to 40 other people were left homeless by the fire at the Bonham Village Apartments.
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