Son Born to Couple Who Lost 7 Children in Fire

The Pennsylvania parents who lost seven of their eight children in a farmhouse fire three months ago have a new son.

The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reported Monday that Gabriel Nelson Clouse was born Friday to Ted and Janelle Clouse.

Grandfather Noah Sauder tells the paper that the family is living in their newly built house on their dairy farm near Loysville in Perry County, about 30 miles from Harrisburg.

Investigators weren't able to pinpoint a cause for the March 8 fire. Six girls and a boy, all under 12, died of smoke inhalation.

Janelle Clouse was milking cows in the barn and Ted Clouse was making rounds in a milk truck when the blaze began. Their three-year-old daughter, Leah, ran from the house to alert her mother. she was the only child who survived.

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