RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A woman has been charged in connection with a 2024 apartment fire in Raleigh that killed her two children, police said Thursday.
According to the Raleigh Police Department, officers responded on Sept. 29, 2024, just after 6 a.m. to a fire in the 1800 block of Cantwell Court, where they located a fire in the kitchen. The fire was quickly put out.
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A one-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy were taken the hospital for smoke inhalation, where they later died, according to Raleigh police.
Police said the children’s mother, 34-year-old Rodreika Porter, was also inside the apartment and not injured. An investigation determined she left her children unattended when the fire broke out…