The parents of the six children killed by a Labor Day weekend apartment fire are suing the landlord, Jay Johnson, alleging that he was negligent.
The lawsuit filed today by an attorney for Augusta Ramirez, her husband Anando and Maria Ramos -- who also lost her daughter in the fire -- says that the landlord failed to keep the building in a reasonably safe condition.
It also says that the apartment had no smoke detectors.
Authorities have said the fire was started by candle, which the Ramirez family was using because their electricity had been cut off.
Killed in the fire were six children between the ages of three and 14. Five of the children were siblings in the Ramirez family. The sixth was Ramos' daughter.
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