Farmhouse fire kills 7 kids in Pa. Amish country

Farmhouse fire kills 7 kids in Pa. Amish country

By The Associated Press  MARC LEVY (Associated Press), MARK SCOLFORO (Associated Press)

Quick ReadFarmhouse fire in Pa. Amish country kills 7 kids while mom does chores, dad picks up milk

Photo credit: AP | This image from video provided by WHP TV shows the charred remains of a Blain, Pennsylvania farm house where seven children died after police say the house caught fire Tuesday night, March 8, 2011 while their mother was in a barn milking cows and their father was taking a nap in a milk delivery truck. Trooper Tom Pinkerton says a 3-year-old girl escaped from the blaze to alert her mother, who police believe tried to get into the home before running to a neighbor’s home for help. Officials say the children who died ranged in age from 7 months to 11 years old. The Perry County coroner’s office says they died of smoke inhalation. (AP Photo/WHP TV)

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  A neighbor stands near the fire ravaged farmhouses

(AP) — The father was making his rounds in his milk truck and the mother was in the barn, milking the cows, when their 3-year-old daughter smelled smoke and ran for help.

By the time the parents reached their farmhouse, it was too late: Seven of their eight children were killed in a furious blaze Tuesday night in Pennsylvania’s dairy country.

The victims ranged in age from 7 months…