Conn. mourns Bridgeport fire victims

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -     Hundreds of people ha ve turned out to mourn a Bridgeport mother and her three children killed last week in a fire at a public housing complex.

Funeral services were held Thursday at the Mount Airy Baptist Church for 22-year-old Tiana Black and her children -- twin four-year-old daughters Nyasija and Tyasija Williams and five-year-old son Nyshon Williams.

The fire occurred at the P.T. Barnum complex early Friday. Firefighters pulled the family from their apartment, breaking a window to get in as smoke poured out from under the locked door. But efforts to revive them were unsuccessful.

Mayor William Finch has called a meeting on Friday with representatives of the school board, fire department, housing authority, American Red Cross and elected officials to discuss promoting fire safety in the city, particularly at the housing complex.