my great-aunt grew up two towns over from the Sodder fire and she never believed the 'they burned' story

Second-hand from family so take it for what it is. The Sodder house fire, Fayetteville West Virginia, Christmas Eve 1945. House burns, parents and some kids get out, FIVE of the children supposedly die inside. Except no bones were ever found in the ashes. None. What my great-aunt always said people……