Fire Kills Independence, MO Youngster

Aftermath report on a metro tragedy . . . Here are the basics:

An Independence Fire Department spokesperson says crews were dispatched around 3:05 a.m. to a house fire in the 1300 block of E. Salisbury Road.

Crews arrived on scene to heavy smoke and a report that someone was still inside the house.

Firefighters made entry into the house and pulled the boy out. Paramedics started life-saving measures on the boy but he was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

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12-year-old boy killed in overnight house fire in Independence

Investigations are underway after a 12-year-old boy was killed in a house fire early Saturday morning in Independence, Mo.

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