Claim: A fire in a three-apartment dwelling killed black and Mexican families living there but spared a white couple because they were the only ones at work when the blaze started.
Fact-check: Did a Fire Kill Black and Mexican Families But Spare a White Couple?
Verdict: false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Snopes Staff;Barbara Mikkelson
Date published: 2008-09-25T21:52:24