The Memphis fire has killed six children among nine in The house.

This is a sad day,six children and three adults died in Monday's blaze and another child is in the hospital.According to the the fire officials they said that the child is fighting for life. One of the neighbor described that the firefighters where sobbing as they carry the bodies of the children from the one-storey property.    The officials said that the fire as caused by an electrical malfunction in an air conditioning unit's power cord. It is the most death from a single fire in the city since the 1920s,they added
The death toll breakdown was changed after it earlier announced that five children and four adult had died
most of the victims where pronounced dead at the scene in south Memphis  "I've never seen firemen cry, but they were bawling like babies when they brought the children out," neighbour Shondra Hampton told the newspaper.
Some of the victims had signs of smoke inhalation, while others had burns, said Memphis fire services.

Veronica Trammell, left, is embraced outside a home where an early morning fire killed multiple people.

Fire Department Lt Wayne Cook said first responders arrived at around 01:30 local time.
It took them 15 minutes to extinguish the flames and remove the victims from the home.
The fire began in the living room and only consumed about a fifth of the building, said fire officials.
But smoke spread throughout the home.

A man looks inside the home where an early morning fire killed multiple people. AP
Investigators determined the house did have a working smoke alarm.
But metal bars cover all the windows, and may have prevented the victims escaping.
"Our whole city is in mourning for the loss of much of one family," said Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland.
"It's a very sad day."