Yule Tree Suspected as Fire Kills Family
<i> Associated Press</i>
FERNDALE, Mich. —
A couple and their three children were killed by a fire that swept through their house, a fire official said.
The victims were identified as Bill Yaple, 50, his wife, Diane, 36; their sons Scottie, 7, and Kenny, 2; and daughter Misty, 5.
Officials were investigating lights on the family’s artificial Christmas tree as a possible cause of the blaze.
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