HARRISBURG - The smell of smoke and charred wood still hung thick in the air on a frigid Sunday morning. 
 
 And on the 2500 block of Lexington Street in Harrisburg stood the gutted remains of a row home. Complete destruction inside. Debris all around. 
 
 It's the scene of a fire that killed one little girl on Friday and left two others in critical condition. 
 
 And it's the fire that, while responding to the scene, one firefighter was killed when his car was struck by another driver, whom Harrisburg Police say was in a stolen vehicle. 
 
 Hanging just as thick as the smell of smoke were the memories of the fire that ravaged this block and burned itself into the minds of neighbors for years to come. 
 
 "Just seeing the little girl on the roof, not knowing how to get away..." neighbor Crystal Benjamin said, stopping as she broke into tears. 
 
 And emotions hung just as heavy over at the Mt. Pleasant Station 8 near 13th and Market streets, where a black curtain was draped over the company's sign. 
 
 The few firefighters inside were quiet, sitting in the dark. Tired from a rough day - among the worst in their line of work - they referred comments to their chief. 
 
 Harrisburg Chief Brian Enterline could not immediately be reached on Sunday for comment on the death of Lt. Dennis DeVoe, but in a statement yesterday, he said: 
 
 "Our hearts are broken and we grieve for the loss of our brother. Our resolve is strong and our will unwavering as we move forward with our service to the City of Harrisburg just as Denny would have said is a must." 
 
 Back on Lexington Street, Benjamin said she was home when the fire broke out, but she didn't know the house next door was in flames until she got a call from her neighbor, telling her to step outside. 
 
 When she did, she saw the row home fully-engulfed in flames, whipping around in the wind. 
 
 And her neighbors were outside yelling, "The kids are in the house," Benjamin recalled. 
 
 Those words - and those flames - left her feeling helpless. 
 
 "What can anybody do in that situation?" she asked. 
 
 As fire crews and the police responded to the scene, she did the best that she could -- she grabbed some clothes and blankets from inside her own home and shared them with her neighbors. 
 
 Fighting back the tears two days later, she clearly remembered one of the little girls jumping from the second-story roof. Another girl climbed out on the same roof and was stuck there, not knowing where to go, until firefighters rescued her. 
 
 She declined to speak on video because of how emotional the situation is for her. 
 
 A 3- or 4-year-old girl died in the fire and two other children were listed in critical condition at the Lehigh Valley Burn Center. 
 
 Harrisburg Police did not have an update on their conditions Sunday and did not release their names. 
 
 But one family member earlier said the police were aggressively keeping people away from the scene, including the family. Benjamin, however, sees it differently. She said the authorities were trying to give the firefighters space to do their jobs. 
 
 While the family - and the neighborhood - reel from the loss, the firefighters suffered a loss of their own. 
 
 As DeVoe was making his way to the scene, his car was T-boned at 14th and Walnut streets. 
 
 The driver, Khanyae Kendall, 19, is now facing charges that include aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, receiving stolen property, accidents involving death or injury while not properly licensed, DUI and numerous traffic violations. 
 
 She's in Dauphin County Prison, unable to post $200,000 bail, and is set for a preliminary hearing at 10 a.m. March 21 before Magisterial District Judge David O'Leary. 
 
 DeVoe, meanwhile, leaves behind his wife, Amy, and four children. 
 
 "Denny was a leader in our department and the fire service as a whole," Enterline said. "His passion for the fire service made each of us strive to be better in all we do. Our department and the City of Harrisburg are better because of his service." 
 
 There is no word yet on funeral arrangements. 
 
 GoFundMe campaigns have been set up for both the family of the fire victims and the family of DeVoe. 
 
 Fatal fire, 'horrific' car crash linked to hoverboard explosion ||||| A Jan. 9 fire caused by a hoverboard destroyed this Radcliff Drive home in Nashville. (Photo: Nashville Fire Department) 
 
 A Nashville family is begging others to heed their costly loss, which authorities are saying was caused by a popular 2015 Christmas present. 
 
 Local and state fire officials say hoverboards are to blame for two fires over the past month in Nashville — including one that destroyed a $1 million home last month, leaving the Fox family without a home. 
 
 At 11:40 a.m. on Jan. 9, two teenagers — a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl — hid upstairs in a home on Radcliff Drive after hearing noises downstairs, Nashville Fire Department spokesman Brian Haas said Tuesday. What the teens did not know was a hoverboard had burst into flames on the first floor of the house, Haas said. 
 
 To escape the home that was filling with smoke, the teenage girl kicked out a second-floor window and leaped into her father’s arms. The father, Brian Fox, then helped the teenage boy out a second-story window with a ladder, Haas said. Both teens suffered minor injuries in the process. 
 
 “We are fortunate that there were only minor injuries in what was an extremely dangerous fire,” said Nashville Fire Chief Rick White. “We hope Nashvillians use extreme caution before purchasing or using these hoverboards.” 
 
 The family's plea 
 
 The Fox family spoke to reporters in the home of a friend Tuesday, stating how they could not believe "a toy" had destroyed their home. 
 
 Fox said that more than anything else they wanted to get the word out and let other families know the dangers of something that at first seemed so innocent. 
 
 “It was a hoverboard that destroyed our house,” Fox said. “It started as just a toy.” 
 
 “We just want other families to be aware,” mother Megan Fox said. 
 
 Fox recounted discovering that the flames inside the house were too high for him to reach his two teenage children upstairs, and hearing them break through the second-story windows to get out. 
 
 “It was the hardest thing that I’ve been through,” he said. “When I got there, I was kicking in the doors, and I thought, ‘I’m going to lose two of my four children today.’ ” 
 
 The Foxes have two other children, a 12-year-old and a 5-year-old. 
 
 Fox said he heard his 16-year-old daughter breaking through her bathroom window, and that he then begged her to jump into his arms. 
 
 He said his 14-year-old son had tried to come downstairs and escape, but burned his hand on a doorknob and was forced to break his bedroom window with a stepladder to escape. 
 
 “I couldn’t be prouder of the two of them,” Fox said. 
 
 The teenagers were both taken to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and were treated for minor injuries. 
 
 The blaze destroyed the 4,000-plus-square-foot home, Haas said. 
 
 An investigation led fire department investigators to determine the fire was caused by a "FITURBO F1" hoverboard, Haas said. A subsequent investigation revealed friends of the family had experienced a small fire when their "FITURBO F1" hoverboard caught fire in its battery compartment. 
 
 Damaged hoverboard recovered in Nashville. (Photo: Nashville Fire Department) 
 
 The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office said the blaze was the first confirmed house fire caused by a hoverboard in Tennessee. But because of a growing number of similar cases across the nation, they are "strongly warning Tennesseans to use extreme caution if they choose to purchase a hoverboard." 
 
 Those who own a hoverboard are asked to always use the manufacturer-supplied charger. 
 
 "If you own a hoverboard, do not leave it unattended while charging," said State Fire Marshal Gary West. "Do not leave it plugged into an outlet overnight." 
 
 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating dozens of fires across the United States thought to be caused by hoverboards, state fire officials said. Haas said the Radcliff Drive fire is among those being investigated. 
 
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– A double tragedy in Harrisburg, Pa.: A 3-year-old girl died in a house fire believed to have been caused by a recharging hoverboard Friday night, and a firefighter was killed on his way to the scene by an allegedly drunk driver in a stolen car. Consumer Products Safety Commission spokesman Scott Wolfson tells NBC that the agency has investigated more than 60 fires linked to hoverboards in the last 18 months, and Ashanti Hughes is believed to be the first fatality. Two other children were critically injured in the Harrisburg blaze, PennLive reports. Witnesses say they saw one little girl jump from a second-story roof after flames engulfed the first floor. Another girl crawled onto the same roof and was rescued by firefighters. More than 500,000 hoverboards were recalled due to fire risk last year and fire officials say people should avoid using any of the recalled models. They also warn against leaving the self-balancing devices to charge overnight—and against charging them without having a fire extinguisher nearby. Khanyae Kendall, 19, has been charged with crimes including aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI in the death of firefighter Dennis DeVoe. Police say she was driving a stolen car when she T-boned the father of four at an intersection as he was on his way to the blaze. (This family sued Amazon after a faulty hoverboard burned their home down.)