Deadly SD Fire's Cause Expected To Be Determined

by Associated Press
January 23, 2013 7:12 AM

Investigators say they should be able to pinpoint the cause of a house fire in Sioux Falls last month that killed three children.

Authorities got their first look inside the burned-out home on Tuesday.

An accelerant-sniffing dog was brought in for a second time to search for any evidence of gasoline or other fuel, and again did not find anything.

The fire early on Dec. 22 killed 16-year-old Michael Hensley, 12-year-old Savannah Coon and 6-year-old Alivia Coon. The children's mother and her husband escaped with minor injuries by leaping from a second-floor window. The mother, Rhiannon White, faces drug charges.

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