Twelve-year-old boy dies in fire
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Published: 19 Jun, 2007 CET.
Updated: Tue 19 Jun 2007 09:45 CET
A twelve-year-old boy has died as a result of injuries sustained in a fire at an apartment near Timrå in northern Sweden.
Emergency services received reports of a blaze on the top floor of an apartment building at 6am on Tuesday morning.
The family living in the apartment - a father, mother and their two children - were taken to Sundsvall Hospital to be treated for smoke-related injuries.
The 12-year-old's father was seriously injured in the blaze, while the remaining family members were treated for minor injuries.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
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Emergency services received reports of a blaze on the top floor of an apartment building at 6am on Tuesday morning.
The family living in the apartment - a father, mother and their two children - were taken to Sundsvall Hospital to be treated for smoke-related injuries.
The 12-year-old's father was seriously injured in the blaze, while the remaining family members were treated for minor injuries.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
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