11-Year-Old Girl Hospitalized After Indiana House Fire Dies, Bringing Death Toll to 6 Young Siblings

11-Year-Old Girl Hospitalized After Indiana House Fire Dies, Bringing Death Toll to 6 Young Siblings
The house where six children died following the Jan. 21 fire, in South Bend, Ind., in June 2023. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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SOUTH BEND, Ind.—An 11-year-old girl who was hospitalized for burns following a northern Indiana house fire has died, bringing the fire’s death toll to six children, all of them siblings, authorities said Monday.

Angel Smith died Friday at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, the Marion County Coroner’s Office said in a Monday update. Her death was confirmed one day after a vigil was held in South Bend for the six victims of the Jan. 21 fire.