Dad, 3 Kids ID’d After Fatal Albany Fire

Authorities identified two adults who died alongside three children when a fast-moving fire tore through their home in upstate New York.

Albany Police confirmed the victims as a father, 52-year-old Erick DeCamp, his three young children, ages 3, 4, and 6, and another adult, 47-year-old Eric Peterson.

Albany firefighters responded to the home on Twiller Street near South Bertha Street around 10:45 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6, and found the structure fully engulfed, Albany Police Chief Brendan Cox said. A total of five people were inside…

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