Two black sisters in USA are accused of starting a house fire in New York that killed a sleeping five-year-old boy

Tiakayla, 21, and Taquida Hendrix, 31, were charged with second-degree murder and first-degree arson for the death of five-year-old Malakai Stovall.

The fire broke out on July 29 at 2 a.m. at a Portland Avenue, Rochester home where Stovall was with a 19-year-old babysitter.

The sisters allegedly used a flammable substance to start the fire Malakai was trapped on the upper level and suffered burns over 75% of his body before dying at the hospital

Meanwhile the baby sitter managed to survive.