tragic details come out about deadly Southie fire.

“She was screaming, ‘Please, take me, not my kids. I will die bringing them out,’ ” Anna Reisopoulos’ friend and neighbor Daniel Zyskowski said as the smoke settled on the scorched shell of what had been 154 West 6th St.

Trapped and killed on the third floor of the rented row house were Acia Johnson, 14, and her 3-year-old sister, Sophia Johnson. When their bodies were found in a closet, Acia reportedly was cradling Sophia in her arms.

After perilous attempts to rescue his doomed siblings, Acia’s twin brother, Raymond, escaped the three-alarm inferno to run and find his mother, sources said. It was unclear where she was at 3:18 a.m., when the fire was first reported.

Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said the front of the house was already “fully involved” by the time firefighters arrived from less than a mile away.

Sources told the Herald that Reisopoulos, 34, had fought with a friend sometime Saturday night or early yesterday morning.
Though no arrests had been made as of early last night, “We believe it was most likely a homicide,” one source said.

Raymond told investigators he was asleep on the second floor when he heard banging on the front door and a woman’s voice screaming, “Open the (expletive) door,” sources said.

Minutes later, the house was ablaze. A state police accelerant-sniffing dog was brought in to work the scene, which as of last night was still being processed. The sisters’ bodies were still inside. Property damages were estimated at $500,000.

“Every day Acia would walk Sophia around the neighborhood in her carriage,” said neighbor Jean Connolly, whose kids were friends with the family. “They did everything together. They belonged together.
“They were inseparable.”