Bed and breakfast owner, 2 daughters among 6 killed in fire

Published 12:58 am Monday, July 4, 2011

NEW ULM (AP) — A bed and breakfast owner and her two daughters are among the six killed in a fire in New Ulm.

New Ulm fire and police officials haven’t identified the victims, saying only that four adults, an adolescent and a child were killed in the fire early Saturday.

But family and friends said one victim was the inn’s owner, Bobbi McCrea, and two others were her daughters, 15-year-old Abby and 3-year-old Savannah.

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Four people escaped from the fire, including McCrea’s fiancee, and five people staying in a carriage house on the property also got out.

Investigators haven’t yet determined what started the fire at The Bohemian B&B. Police say someone driving by reported the fire before 2 a.m. Saturday.