2 NEVER MADE IT OUT: Alabama Fraternity Brothers K.i.l…l…ed as Hunting Camp Fire Erupts at 1:30 A.M

Two University of Alabama students were killed when fire swept through a hunting camp early Wednesday in south Alabama. The Conecuh County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as Mark “McNeil” Mostellar, 21, and James “Walter” Hensley, 19. Both were from Mobile. According to their LinkedIn profiles, both young men were business majors, and members of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Hensley was a graduate of St. Paul’s Episcopal School.

Mostellar was a graduate UMS-Wright Preparatory School. Both were standout athletes at their high schools. “In the wake of great loss, we are reminded just how fragile life truly is,” St. Paul’s school wrote in a Facebook post. “When words fall short, we gather.” A vigil for Hensley was held at 6 p.m. at the school Wednesday.

“May we carry one another with grace, hope, and love,” the school wrote. The blaze broke out about 1:30 a.m. at the house off Stowers Timberland Road in Evergreen. That is west of Evergreen off State Highway 84. Mostellar and Hensley were among four friends spending the night at the property when the fire erupted. Two of the friends were able to escape the blaze and were taken to the hospital. Their conditions were not immediately available. Mostellar and Hensley were pronounced dead on the scene.