Fire Sweeps House, Kills Five Children in Florida
Associated Press
SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. —
Five children were killed Sunday when a pre-dawn fire, started by a short circuit in an electric heater, swept through a wood-frame house. The children ranged in age from 2 months to 6 years, said a Metro-Dade Police Department spokesman.
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