merle monroe says she managed to get out of the house. she said she tried to get back to save her family but the fire was too hot. the smoke too thick. merle monroe so upset she had to sit on the steps to recount what happened that day. >> i was able to get out. i get up and i heard a noise and a siren and i saw smoke. i got out through the kitchen door. tried to go back in to get simone. the smoke was too much. i went by her window and knocked and wake up! >> reporter: so moved by what happened, prince georges county police and fire departments have set up a monroe family fund at the bank of america. the money will go to help pay for the funeral expenses, the money will go to help this family try to get its life back together. thursday night between 6 and 8 p.m. at the louisdale elementary school, police officers and firefighters will be collecting donations of money and household goods for the monroe family. i'm pat collins, news 4, prince georges county. >> to a wild scene this morning after a three car accident ended with a car crashi

reporter: 62-year-old merle monroe is the only one of four family members to survive the inferno inside this house on griffin street. she woke up just before 4:00 in the morning sunday and managed to get outside and then spent the next frantic moments trying to save her sister, daughter and grandson all trapped inside. >> i knocked on my daughter's bedroom window and she answered me. i said get out. the house is on fire. reporter: but she never made it. >> but she never made it out of. reporter: so she raced to the back bedroom to try and waken her sister. >> i was almost inside, but the heat was too much for me. reporter: firefighters pulled the lifeless body of 6-year-old amare noel from the fire and he died a short time later. his mother simone monroe and aunt janet athing clung to life more than a day and they also diamond the fire chief said the tragedy rein -- also died. the fire chief said the tragedy reinforced the importance of working smoke detectors. >> to lose three people in one family in a house fire is pretty significant. reporter: the community is pulling together to hel

and now his mother and aunt have also passed. 62-year-old merle monroe is the only survivor of the fire on griffin street. she tried to wake up her daughter and sister but they did not make t the fire chief is calling to a tragedy of epic proportions and says there was not a single working smoke detector inside the house. >>> is this the beginning of the end for herman cain? the republican presidential hopeful told aides that he is reseasing his run for the white house. it comes a day of after a georgia woman claimed she had and fair with cain that lasted for more than 13 years. cain denies the allegations and in a conference call with his senior staff tuesday, he only committed to keeping his campaign schedule for the next several days. during a speech in michigan, cain did not address the allegations. >> life can be a challenge. life can seem impossible. it is never easy when there's so much on the line but you can make a difference. there is a mission just for you. >> four other women have accused cain of sexual harassment. he also denies those claims. >>> dr. conrad murray got the m

merle monroe so upset she had to sit on the steps to recount what happened that day. >> i was able toet out, i get up and i heard a noise, a siren and i saw smoke and i got out to the kitchen door. tried to go back in to get simone, the smoke was too hot. i went by the window and knocked on her to wake up. >> reporter: so moved by what happened, prince georges county police and fire departments have set up a monroe family fund at the bank of america. the money will go to help pay for the funeral expenses, the money will go to help this family try to get its life back together. again, that's the monroe family fund at the bank of america. thursday night between 6:00 and 8:00 at the louisdale elementary school, police officers and firefighters will be collecting donations. >> thanks, pat. police in montgomery county say an early morning carjacking is not related to three similar crimes in the same area. the incident this morning happened at a burger king restaurant at about 1:00 in the morning. police say two men stopped at the restaurant to see if it was open. that's when police say two

the only survivor was 62-year- old merle monroe. her grandson, daughter and sister did not make it. lewis del elementary school is hosting an event for little cuppedder gardener omar monroe. >>> four years in prison is the sentence for dr. conrad myrrhy. a jury convicted michael jackson's personal physician of involuntary manslaughter. the circumstance died of an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol. the judge gave dr. murray the maximum sentence. murray's lawyers plan to appeal. under california law, he will serve at least half of the four- year sentence in county jail. >>> herman cain told aides he is readdressing his run for the white house. this comes one day after a georgia woman claimed she had and fair with cain that lasted more than 13 years. cain denied the allegation. in a conference call with his senior staff tuesday, only committed to keeping his campaign schedule for the next several days. four other women have accused cain of sexual harassment. he also denies those claims. >>> a murder suspect accidentally released from jail. straight ahead, we have a fox 5 fol