Dead Children in Fire: Trial Against Mother on November 26

The 25-year-old mother is accused of negligent homicide, according to court information from Tuesday. The woman's five-year-old son is said to have gotten hold of a lighter and started a fire with it while the woman was sleeping after consuming drugs the previous day, according to the accusation. The accused faces up to two years in prison.

In the fire in the Waldviertel district town on April 26, a one-year-old and a five-year-old lost their lives. The mother of the two boys, who was seriously injured herself, was transported to the hospital by emergency medical helicopter. According to the results of the fire investigation, the fire was caused by an open flame.

Lighter was accessible to five-year-old in the bathroom

According to the findings of the public prosecutor's office, the accused is said to have kept a functional pipe lighter in a bathroom cabinet in her apartment. This was apparently accessible to the five-year-old, who is said to have started a fire in the children's room with it.

The 25-year-old is also said to have not supervised her children. The prosecution cites as a reason that the woman is believed to have consumed a THC-containing drug as well as methamphetamine and amphetamine the previous day, and thus "slept during the day due to a reduction in psychophysical performance." The five-year-old and his one-year-old brother inhaled the resulting smoke gases and died.

(APA/Red)

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