9-Year-Old Charged With Murder in 5 Illinois Fire Deaths

Marie Chockley, a resident of the Timberline Trailer Court, north of Goodfield, Ill., surveys the damage that was caused by a Saturday night fire that killed five residents in a mobile home on April 7, 2019. Kevin Barlow/The Pantagraph via AP

EUREKA, Ill.—A 9-year-old child accused of causing a mobile home fire that killed three children and two adults in central Illinois has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder.

The juvenile also was charged with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated arson, the Peoria Journal Star reported.