HAMBURG, N.Y. — Investigators in the Town of Hamburg are looking into the cause of a fire that took the lives of a woman and two children.
Firefighters were called to a house at 4740 Newton Road just after 2 a.m. Monday. They tried to enter the home with a hose line, but encountered intense heat, flames and smoke as the structure was fully engulfed.
A woman and two children, identified as Krystle Dab, 28, Allison Harmon, 6 and John Wendover, 4, were found dead inside.
Two men found outside, Robert Benz, Jr.,33 and J.D. Wendover 29, escaped the fire. They suffered minor injuries and were taken to ECMC.
The cause of the fire is still unknown.
Neighbors told 2 On Your Side that they did not know the family that well but did observe a boy and a girl get on and off a school bus and that an adult male would greet them.
They also said the elderly property owner had recently transferred the home to his nephew and that there may have been renovations underway at the home.
