Mother charged in Columbus County fire that killed four young girls

COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. - Authorities have charged the mother of four girls who died in a house fire on Colony Road, according to arrest warrants.

Reagan Noelle Powers has been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter and negligent child abuse with serious bodily injury.

According to the Columbus County Fire Marshall, four children, 2, 4, 6, and 7 years old, were killed in a house fire on North Colony Road near Chadbourn on Aug. 30.

The warrants state that Powers left the children in the care of an 11-year-old.

She was held under a $400,000 bond and has bonded out.

Her next court appearance is on Sept. 11 at 3 p.m.