The Pennsylvania home day care where five children died in a fire early Sunday wasn't inspected by state or local authorities for smoke detectors because of loopholes in regulations, officials say
The Harris Family Daycare in Erie, where a blaze killed four siblings and a child of the owner, apparently didn't have enough smoke detectors, Erie Fire Chief Guy Santone said. Investigators located only one in the house, he said; it was in the attic. State regulations indicate there should have been one on each floor of the two-story home. Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services carried out the yearly safety inspections at the facility.
"When they do their inspections, they don't inspect for smoke detectors. They don't inspect for fire extinguishers. They inspect for things like cleanliness, make sure that there's nothing laying around that a child can choke on, things of that nature," Santone said of the DHS, speaking at a press conference Tuesday."That has to stop." Eight people were on the second floor of the house when the fire broke out around 1:15 a.m.
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