Three brothers died hugging in a fire on the morning of Sunday (May 3) in Serrinha, north-central Bahia. The victims were identified as Jeremias de Jesus Borges, 6, Samuel Nascimento de Almeida, 4, and Ismael Nascimento de Jesus. The children's 27-year-old mother was charged in flagrante by Civil Police.
The fire broke out in a property in the Ginásio neighborhood in Serrinha, north-central Bahia, on the morning of Sunday, May 3, 2026. The children were found carbonized and hugging, according to reports.
The victims were identified as Jeremias de Jesus Borges, 6, Samuel Nascimento de Almeida, 4, and Ismael Nascimento de Jesus. Civil Police stated in a note that the 1st Territorial Police Station (DT/Serrinha) charged the children's 27-year-old mother in flagrante for the crime of abandonment of incapable resulting in death.
The case has shocked the region and is under investigation by local police. No further details were released on the fire's cause or the abandonment circumstances.
