An Ohio mother who survived a house fire that killed all five of her young children broke down as she sobbed there's 'nothing worse than living this hell'.
America Negron Acevedo's brood Aleysha Rosario, nine, three-year-old Charles Gunn, two-year-old, Ly'Asia Gunn, and one-year-old twins Brianna and Arianna Negron, perished as smoke and flames filled their property last December.
Investigators announced the 'mishandling of fire products', likely a lighter, caused the inferno and claimed the mother had not been cooperative during their complicated investigation, Acevedo bawled on camera reliving the incident.
The blaze, at the family home on Parkcliffe Avenue, Youngstown, was ruled accidental.
Acevedo initially said she smoked on a mattress downstairs on the living room floor while watching television but later said one of her children must have been playing with a lighter. Several lighters were found in the home.
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America Negron Acevedo survived a December 9 house fire in Ohio. She cried recalling how she woke to hear children screaming 'Mommy!'
Children Aleysha Rosario, nine, three-year-old Charles Gunn, two-year-old, Ly'Asia Gunn, and one-year-old twins Brianna and Arianna Negron died
'I feel like it's nothing worse than living this hell of living without my babies,' the 26-year-old told WKBN, days before details of the investigation were released.
The mother wept as she explained how she woke up with the fire already raging in the wood home: 'Hearing my kids screaming, 'Mommy, mommy, mommy!'
She said tried to run down the stairs but was devastated when two of the screams stopped.
Acevedo – who initially said she was smoking on a mattress in the living room - ended up jumping from a second-floor bedroom window which resulted in critical injuries.
Investigator Kurt Wright said the opening of the window made the fire worse and helped it spread to three more children upstairs.
'It was approximately 16 degrees out that night. So we had a fire on the first floor and now had a vented window on the second floor, which allowed that smoke and heat to travel directly up the stairwell, almost like a chimney,' he said in a Thursday press conference.
Acevedo said she had no choice but to jump from the second-floor window pictured here
But investigators said open window made fire spread upstairs where three children were found
Explaining why she left her home, Acevedo added in the news interview: 'You think I didn't think about not jumping out the window? You think I didn't - I wanted to jump out the window and leave my babies there? But if I don't jump out the window -- I can't find my phone, everything is pitch black, I can barely breathe - nobody's going to find us. I'm going to die trying to help them and I can't help them.'
It prompted her to run around and knock on the doors of neighbors while naked in an attempt to get help. Emergency services received three 911 calls.
Aaron Baldwin previously said by the time he awoke from the woman banging on his door, her house was engulfed in flames and there was no way for neighbors to rush inside.
'So I realized two of my babies were already gone,' Acevedo continued. 'All I'm thinking in my head is, 'I already lost two, I need to save these three.'
'If I don't jump out the window -- I can't find my phone, everything is pitch black, I can barely breathe -- nobody's going to find us.'
Firefighters battled flames throughout the first floor and heard two smoke alarms ringing when they arrived. They were able to pull out three of the children. Eldest, Aleysha was found outside her mother's bedroom door in the hallway, another was located in the bathroom and a third in the threshold between the hallway and bedroom.
She said tried to run down the stairs but was devastated when two of the screams stopped
Investigator Kurt Wright said the opening of the window made the fire worse and helped it spread to three more children upstairs
When firefighters arrived within two minutes Acevedo was desperate to help her little boy
When firefighters arrived within two minutes Acevedo was desperate to help her little boy.
'I remember running, trying to grab him and they didn't let me touch him, they didn't let me hold him, they didn't let me see them,' she said.
They were given CPR and taken to a nearby hospital, but they later died there from their injuries.
The twins on the first floor could not be initially saved by firefighters and Wright said firefighters had their 'hands full'.
Fire Chief Barry Finley previously said two firefighters were injured. One suffered a cut to the chin and the second was inside the home when a ceiling collapsed on top of him.
Finley said that firefighter suffered second-degree burns on his back. Both firefighters were treated and released.
The twins on the first floor could not be initially saved by firefighters and Wright said firefighters had their 'hands full'
Acevedo was hospitalized in critical condition and ended up in a coma for several days. When she woke she learned she'd lost all her children.
Seventeen-year-old Edgar Daniel Negron said the fire occurred while his aunt was spending rare time with all of her children under one roof.
She had been studying nursing, and her children sometimes stayed with relatives or their godparents, but they were all together that Sunday night when the blaze broke out around 11pm, Negron said.
On Thursday, investigator Wright said about Acevedo's part in the month-long probe: 'She has not returned any of my calls and has not called me, other than the initial interview.'
Charles Gunn, father to four of the children, also spoke in the interview last week and recalled how he heard about their deaths on the phone. Only one hour after speaking to them via video call, the house fire started.
Sharing how he still can't accept they're gone, he added that he has to remain strong: 'If I were to take my life - my kids are in heaven, I'm going to hell.'
Charles Gunn, father to four of the children, also spoke in the interview last week and recalled how he heard about their deaths on the phone
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