MARYLAND-A 12-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy died in an early-morning fire in a single-family home caused by a portable kerosene heater that had been refueled with gasoline in a firstfloor bedroom. The resulting fire quickly spread throughout the house, trapping the children on the second floor. Seven other occupants escaped. The two-story, wood-frame farmhouse had an asphalt roof and balloon construction. It had neither smoke alarms nor sprinklers.
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