A deadly Albany house fire that claimed the lives of five people, including three children, has been officially ruled arson and is now being investigated as a homicide, police said.
The blaze broke out around 10:40 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6, at a home on Twiller Street near South Bertha Street, as Daily Voice reported. When first responders arrived, they found the residence fully engulfed in flames, with several victims trapped inside.
Firefighters and officers managed to rescue multiple people, but 52-year-old Erick DeCamp, his 3-year-old daughter, and 4-year-old son later died at Albany Medical Center, authorities said. Two others — DeCamp’s 6-year-old daughter and 47-year-old Eric Peterson — were pronounced dead at the scene…