A North Carolina mother has been charged after four of her young daughters were killed in a house fire and two others were forced to escape.

Reagan Powers, 28, stands charged with four counts each of involuntary manslaughter and negligent child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury, court records show. The fire erupted on Aug. 30 off a small road in rural North Carolina.

The Columbus County Sheriff's Office responded to the home on North Colony Road after receiving a report of a structure fire "with entrapments." Deputies were "advised that a female caller stated her residence was on fire and that four children remained inside," the law enforcement agency said days later .

The first deputy arrived nine minutes after the call – but by that time, "the residence was fully engulfed in fl

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