Mother, 4 children killed in Ferguson house fire identified

The family killed in a house fire early Monday morning in Ferguson have been identified as a longtime area schoolteacher and her four children.
Fire officials said a neighbor called 911 at about 4:30 a.m. Monday when they spotted the fire at a home on the 500 block of North Clay Avenue in Ferguson.
A spokesperson with the St. Louis County Police Department said five people and three dogs were found dead inside the home.
The woman's father, Cordell Beache, identified the victims as Bernadine “Birdie” Pruessner and her four children: 2-year-old Millie Spaeder, 6-year-old Jackson Spaeder and 9-year-old twin girls Ellie and Ivy Pruessner.
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