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3 Dead As Fire Rips Through Hemet Apartment Complex
BREAKING: Reports indicate that father may have been killed trying to save two children in the blaze.
HEMET, CA β A fast-moving fire tore through an apartment complex in Hemet Friday, killing three people and displacing several residents, according to fire officials and media reports.
The fire was reported about 1:15 a.m. in the 100 block North Alessandro Street, near Latham Avenue.
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News video from the scene showed thick smoke around the complex as Hemet police officers went door-to-door to alert residents to get out of the building.
ABC7 showed a body being removed from the location, and coroner's personnel were on the scene. The news station reports that a 41-year-old father, a 4-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl were all killed, and that the father died after running inside to help the others.
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Media reports said up to three other people were hurt in the fire.
The cause was under investigation.
β City News Service contributed to this report
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