Five die in early morning fire

SULPHUR, Ind. (WISH) - Five people were killed early Thursday morning in a mobile home fire.

The Associated Press reports authorities released the named of three of the five people killed.

The report said 32-year-old John Denton died in Thursday's fire along with his 8-year-old daughter, Kara Denton, and his 35-year-old half brother, Bill Turben.

John Denton's girlfriend and her 3-year-old son also died, but police have not released their names as of late Thursday morning.

Larry Allen with the Crawford County Emergency Management Agency said the fire started in a wood stove that the residents used to heat the home. A relative says the rural mobile home had a furnace but John Denton wasn't using it to hold down his bills.

Allen told 24-Hour News 8 the fire broke out around 1 a.m. in a mobile home in the 1400 block of East Denton Road in Sulphur, Ind., which is just south of English, Ind.

From the scene, Allen said a man in a home nearby spotted the flames and went to the mobile home to try to get in to help the people inside, but the flames prevented him from entering.

Firefighters from three neighboring communities responded. Water tankers helped to bring water to the scene.