Woman and five children dead in hotel fire in Southwest Michigan

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BERRIEN COUNTY, MI -- A 26-year-old woman and five children, all part of the same family, died in a hotel fire south of Benton Harbor that filled the building with smoke and flames. Berrien County authorities said the children who died ranged in age from 2 through 10. Berrien County sheriff's deputies said 27 rooms were occupied at the time of the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation and a state police fire marshal will be assisting Berrien County sheriff's personnel with the investigation. Child dead, 6 being treated after carbon monoxide leak at Niles hotel

Downtown Daytona hotel destroyed by fire

Daytona Beach firefighters battle a fire at the BAYVIEW HOTEL124 Orange Ave. in Daytona Beach Friday morning July 27, 2018. [News-Journal/Jim Tiller] ▲DAYTONA BEACH — A fire that had appeared out instead spread up the walls of the Bayview Hotel on Friday and incinerated the three-story hotel as firefighters battled for hours to keep the flames from spreading to nearby buildings. All lanes of Orange Avenue, from Beach Street to Palmetto, will be closed until the structure is removed, Cerbone said. The hotel is in the same building as the Crooks Den bar, just a half-block west of Beach Street and Daytona Beach's Fire Station No. The Daytona Beach Fire Department had records for three other fires at the hotel since 2010.

Family of 6 killed in massive hotel fire in Berrien County

according to Family of 6 killed in massive hotel fire in Berrien CountyMichael Caterina, South Bend Tribune via APWZZM-TV (Grand Rapids) | Detroit Free PressBENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Authorities in Berrien County are investigating what caused a massive fire at an extended stay hotel that killed a family of six and sent several others to the hospital. According to the Berrien County Sheriff's Office, dispatch received a 911 call around 1:45 a.m. on Saturday. The sheriff's office reports a family of six — a mother and her five children, ages two through ten — were killed in the fire. Preliminary estimates from the sheriff's office show that about 90 percent of the rooms at the Cosmo Extended Living Hotel sustained smoke, fire or water damage. The Michigan State Police Fire Marshall Division will assist the Berrien County Sheriff's Office to determine a cause and origin to the massive fire.