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fourth child. The adult and that child died, Jeff Helm, division chief with Sioux Falls Fire and Rescue, told reporters.
• Names have not been released. The child has been described as about 5 years old. A pastor from the Calvary Chapel in Sioux Falls told the Argus Leader newspaper that the adult victim was a member of his church and mother of five girls.
• The four- or five-unit apartment was engulfed in flames when crews arrived about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras said.
• "There is significant damage to the apartment," said Sideras, who added that fire damage was contained to that apartment. "It is going to take a little bit of work to go through that."
• KSFY-TV reported that intense flames made it difficult for firefighters to initially reach the victims. Smoke still billowed from the apartment a half-hour after rescuers arrived.
• "There was a lot of smoke, and flames were coming out," neighbor Juan Donis told the newspaper.
• Another tenant said he was awoken by the sirens.
• "I was sleeping and I heard the noise and I smelled it," he said. "The flames were big."
• Officials said the blaze appears to have started in a lower-level living room. Its cause is under investigation.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Highway Patrol says it has been unable to determine the cause of a crash in February that killed four members of a Sioux Falls family.
• Fifty-two-year-old James Vollmer was driving along Interstate 90 near Sioux Falls on Feb. 23 when the car drifted off the interstate and into a median. Killed with Vollmer was his 48-year-old wife Julie; 16-year-old daughter Allysa; and 13-year-old son Caleb. All four occupants were wearing seatbelts.
• Capt. Kevin Joffer with the Highway Patrol says an autopsy found no evidence of a medical problem or condition that could have contributed to the crash. There also was no evidence of a mechanical failure or problem, driving under the influence or texting or cellphone use.
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