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Brother and sister die in Holyoke blaze

Officials: Child was playing with lighter

Firefighters responded to a blaze at a house in Holyoke on Thursday evening. The fire chief said the owner had left her children with a baby sitter and was at work in Springfield. Firefighters responded to a blaze at a house in Holyoke on Thursday evening. The fire chief said the owner had left her children with a baby sitter and was at work in Springfield. (Jim Sears/The Republican)
By David Abel and Kate Augusto
Globe Correspondent / April 12, 2008

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HOLYOKE - It was a plastic lighter, and the 6-year-old boy was experimenting with how it worked. Before he knew it, investigators said, a bedroom footstool made of wood and fabric was engulfed in flames. (Full article: 628 words)

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