Mississippi apartment fire results in 2 children dead, 6 others injured
MS fire chief said fire started in kitchen before dawn Wednesday
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Two children died and six other people were hospitalized after an apartment fire on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Gulfport Fire Chief Billy Kelley said the fire started before dawn Wednesday in the apartment's kitchen.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An apartment fire in Mississippi left two children dead of smoke inhalation and 6 others injured. The six other were family members along with two men who tried to help them.
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Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer said 6-year-old Vashun Viverette and 4-day-old Kakashi Aubrey both died of smoke inhalation.
News outlets reported that the parents and two other children in the apartment were hospitalized, as were two other men who tried to help the family.