HOUSTON ¡ª A state agency was investigating Friday whether a woman who provided licensed child care in her home left seven preschoolers
vibram fivefingers sale alone in the house before a fire broke out Thursday, killing three of the children and injuring the others.The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, which licenses child-care centers, is looking into other possible violations at Jackie¡¯s Child Care, including whether the number of children in the home exceeded the state limit, spokeswoman Gwen Carter said.
State regulations allow no more than six children under preschool age ¡ª generally considered 5 or younger ¡ª to be cared for in any 24-hour period in registered child-care homes, Carter said.Firefighters were called at 1:35 p.m. Thursday to the house in far west Houston.The one-story home was filled with smoke, and two injured children were outside. Five others
vibram five fingers Classic were trapped inside. Firefighters had to use thermal-imaging cameras to locate some of the children, a spokesman said.Geoffrey Deshano, 18, who lives near the day-care center, said he saw the operator, Jessica Tata, 22, drive up to the house in a minivan Thursday and then run out, screaming for help, 10 to 20 minutes later.
