Yesterday there was a house fire in Monroe, La. killing Tashae Johnson (age 4) and Clifton Johnson (age 3). The two girls were left alone in the house while their mother, Ciarra Johnson, went for a hair appointment. She told authorities she left for a 1:30 pm appointment but investigators discovered that she had actually left the children home alone around 10 am. The house fire was called in around 3 pm and firefighters found both girls dead in their bedroom. When asked about arrangements for the children, Johnson stated that a local family was supposed to come watch the girls. Investigators found out that she made no such arrangements. The fire was started by two gas space heaters were turned on when she left. Investigators also discovered that there were flammable materials too close to the space heaters which started the fire. Ciarra Johnson is being charged with two counts of negligent homicide and will be taken into custody in the next couple of days.
I see two problems with this situation. First, the biggest problem is leaving your two preschool children home alone. If they were older, it would be a completely different story, but these two girls were too young to know how to react in a fire. I feel terrible that they had to go this way. It could've been avoided by having a family member watch the two girls. Supposedly there was numerous family members that were in the area and the mother could've made an appointment while a family member was able to watch the girls. Another problem is that she could've taken precautions to stop the fire by not putting flammable things next to a space heater. She should've used common sense before putting flammable stuff by a space heater, and if there was someone there, the person could've stopped the fire before it killed her kids and destroyed her house. I hope that the mother suffers consequences for her actions.
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