Something similar happened to a closed family member . Without getting into details , she threw gasoline on herself and her 8 year and 4 year old kids and lighted herself on fire with them . Theory is she despised her poverty situation . The 8 year old kid had a problem in his legs and was unable to walk properly . When found during the fire , they all were already badly burned . The 8 year old kid had tried to crawl to the door . The 4 year baby died during the fire , the woman and 8 year old were taken to the hospital but died shortly after on the same night . Probably better for the poor kid , he was already badly burned all over and surviving something like that on such conditions was bad enough . One can only imagine the horrors the kids experienced that night .