AKRON, Ohio—Five people, including three children, died in an early morning house fire that left three adults and another child injured Monday in northern Ohio, authorities said. Two adults and three children were killed, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office. According to local media, firefighters and officers responded to a house fire on the 1100 block of Linden Avenue in Akron, Ohio, just before 1 a.m. Three adults and a child who were injured were taken to the hospital, Akron fire Lt. Sierjie Lash told the Akron Beacon Journal. Their conditions weren’t known. Authorities haven’t released the names or ages of the victims. The three Akron students who died attended different city schools—one at an elementary building, another at a middle school, and the third in high school, district spokesperson Mark Williamson confirmed in an email. Another child who was taken to the burn unit of a children’s …
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