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Man, five year old child die after high rise apartment fire
June 17, 2013, Edmonton – Two people, including a five-year-old child, have died following a high-rise apartment fire in Edmonton.
June 17, 2013
By The Canadian Press
June 17, 2013, Edmonton – Two people, including a five-year-old child, have died following a high-rise apartment fire in Edmonton.
Police say the child and a man in his 40s were among seven people taken to hospital after the fire was sparked Sunday morning.
It started on the 8th floor of a building in the Oliver neighbourhood, just west of downtown.
Firefighters rescued many residents through their smoke-filled windows and got them down on ladders.
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Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the blaze.
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