Parents and five daughters die in Brooklyn blaze

Five young daughters and their parents were killed in New York yesterday when a grease fire swept through their apartment from the kitchen below.

Five young daughters and their parents were killed in New York yesterday when a grease fire swept through their apartment from the kitchen below.

The woman who accidentally started the blaze - a close family friend - said she screamed up the stairs to alert them to the danger.

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