Investigation continues after Porterville house fire kills mother and 2 teenage children

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KFSN) -- On the country of Plano Avenue and Harrison Street successful Porterville is simply a charred two-story location that was engulfed successful deadly flames astir 12:30 a.m. connected Wednesday.

Inside the location was a household of five. Only 2 survived, the begetter and the oldest daughter.

The mother, Gladis Plumlee and 2 children - a 14-year-old miss and a 15-year-old lad - didn't marque it out.

"It's conscionable not the same... Not without him, oregon his sister, oregon his mother," said Granite Hills High School pupil Bella Perez.

On Wednesday night, friends of the teens gathered astatine the tract of the tragedy, paying their respects and sharing their disbelief.

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The pursuing morning, household members were seen wrong the home.

Action News talked with friends and relatives who did not privation to talk connected camera, saying they're heartbroken and astatine a nonaccomplishment for words.

A connection they provided to Action News reads:

"A location tin beryllium rebuilt, but the household that was mislaid cannot beryllium replaced. Gladis and the 2 children mislaid their lives successful a location fire. This household was afloat of selflessness and souls that wouldn't deliberation doubly astir helping others. They person each been progressive parts of their community."

The connection went connected to convey everyone for their prayers and support.

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Fire Chief Bryan Cogburn says devastating fires are ne'er casual and his section is actively investigating to find the cause.

"With this benignant of construction, the balloon benignant of construction, you tin person fires dispersed from 1 level to the adjacent comparatively quickly," Chief Cogburn said. "There was dense occurrence involvement, our crews were capable to get wrong and execute a search, but it was good progressive connected some the archetypal and 2nd floor."

His anticipation is for the probe to beryllium implicit successful the adjacent week oregon two.

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