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Two children were killed and a third critically injured early Saturday morning after a fire swept through a Staten Island house.
Authorities said the blaze left a 5-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy dead. A 3-year-old boy was in critical condition.
Three firefighters and two other people were also taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Authorities did not disclose their identities.
Firefighters found heavy smoke and flames coming from the house when they arrived on the scene about 2:20 a.m.
It took 110 firefighters more than an hour to control the blaze that quickly consumed the house, authorities said.
The fire's cause remains under investigation.
On Wednesday, an 8-year-old boy ignited a fire at his Queens home that killed three of his younger siblings and an elderly man.
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