Improperly Used Extension Cord Started Fire That Killed Mother, Daughters

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The cause of a fire that killed a woman and her daughters in their northeast Baltimore home last week was an improperly used extension cord, fire officials said Wednesday.
Alicia Evans, 26, and her daughters, Amani Mullen and Layla Mullen, died from thermal injuries and smoke inhalation resulting from a blaze that spread through their East Coldspring Lane home around 1 a.m. on Dec. 13.
Officials now know it was an electrical fire.
Alicia and 5-year-old Amani died immediat