LEBANON, Pa. (WHTM) — Three family members face charges of child endangerment after a House fire claims the life of a one-year-old child in Lebanon County.

Barbara Miller, 59; Brian Navarre, 28; and Jessica Miller, 25, all of Lebanon, face felony child endangerment charges, according to charges filed by Lebanon police.

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The charges are related to a September house fire on Brandywine Street that left a 1-year-old boy dead and four injured, including three children between the ages of 2 and 5. The surviving children were taken to a burn center for their injuries from the fire.

According to an affidavit filed by investigators, the 1-year-old died of smoke inhalation in a second-floor crib.

A child told investigators another child was playing with a lighter, which caused the fire. Officials say the home was determined to be in a “deplorable, very crowded and dirty condition,” with the front door barricaded with a closet to prevent the children from leaving.

Investigators say the children “were left alone and unsupervised daily for the past several months” and that their grandmother, Barbara Miller, was physically unable to walk upstairs where the children were frequently located.

One child was also noted to have decayed teeth and an infection that required surgery.

Jessica Miller and Navarre were arraigned Friday and booked into the Lebanon County Jail on $250,000 cash bail, facing six counts of child endangerment.

Barbara Miller is free on $100,000 unsecured bond on a child endangerment charge.

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