MIDLAND, Texas — A mother and her two children are dead after a house fire in Midland.
The Midland Fire Department responded to the fire near the 4300 block of West Dengar Dr. on Saturday afternoon at 3:40 p.m.
When they arrived, an adult and two children were transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The City of Midland tells us the children and the adult were later pronounced deceased at the hospital.
According to the city's report, "Through the investigation it was determined that the fire originated from the kitchen stovetop of the residence," Erin Bailey, City of Midland, Public Information Officer, said. "The cause of the fire was unattended cooking."
But according to the husband of the victim, Patrick Kirt January, that was not the case.
He tells NewsWest 9 that the stove malfunctioned while in self-cleaning mode and that nothing was being cooked on the stove.
The husband says those at the hospital working to save his three family members told him that information before they passed away.
We reached out to the city to see if this was a possibility they told us,
"As standard investigative practices, all other possibilities have been ruled out," Bailey said. "The physical evidence at the scene clearly indicates only one possible ignition source."
January believes the information from the city is inaccurate.