# Parents Charged After Children Die in RV Fire

> Texas parents face murder charges after 2- and 3-year-old children burn to death inside RV.
- Title: Parents Charged After Children Die in RV Fire · Law & Crime
- Summary: Texas parents face murder charges after 2- and 3-year-old children burn to death inside RV. Matthew Chambers and Meaghan Herrod, 39 and 30, are charged with…
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## Parents charged with murder
Matthew Chambers and Meaghan Herrod, 39 and 30, are both in custody at the Liberty County Jail after being charged with two counts of murder.
## Children died in rv fire
Two children, a 2-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy, died in a fire that started in an rv on a property in Cleveland, Texas.
## Fire occurred on Aug 11
Fire department officials confirmed the fire took place on August twenty-third, 2026.
## Fire chief confirmed search
Cleveland Fire Chief Sean Anderson said firefighters went into the rv to find people even as the rv collapsed around them.
## Children's grandfather confirmed ages
The children's grandfather confirmed their ages to KTRK, the local abc affiliate reporting on the incident.
## RV was on family property
The rv that caught fire was one of several similar vehicles on the property where the children's family and their friends all lived.
## Parents near fire
Fire department officials determined that Chambers and Herrod were 'in the area of the fire at the time.'
## Parents held on bond
Chambers and Herrod are each being held on $1 million bond for each murder charge.
## Investigation ongoing
Fire department officials did not share any additional details about what led to the murder charges, but said the investigation was ongoing.
## Parents charged two months after fire
Warrants were issued for their arrests two months after their children died in the fire.
## Children's ages confirmed
The children's grandfather confirmed their ages to KTRK, the local abc affiliate reporting on the incident.
## Next court date unknown
Their next court date was not immediately available.
## Key takeaway

Matthew Chambers and Meaghan Herrod, 39 and 30, are charged with murder after their children died in a Cleveland, Texas RV fire.