A mother and her two sons were killed in a San Juan Capistrano condo fire that also critically injured two other women and four other children, according to a news report.
The Orange County Fire Authority said that the fire started in the second-story, four-bedroom condominium in the 26000 block of La Zanja Street in San Juan Capistrano. Firefighters rescued the mother, 20-year-old Maricela Sanchez, and her two sons, ages 2 and 3. They were taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange, where Ms. Sanchez and her three-year-old son, Jaiden Liborio, later died. The two-year-old boy, Iker Liborio, passed away at the hospital 10 days after the fire.
Another woman in the condo lowered her two daughters and a five-year-old boy from the second floor onto a mattress that neighbors had put down in an alley below. She then jumped to safety. A third woman suffered burns and a severe leg injury after she jumped from a window. A 7-year-old boy was able to escape through the front door.
According to investigators, the blaze is believed to have been started by one of the children playing with a lighter. However, the rented condo had no working fire alarms and was occupied by 17 people at the time of the fire.
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