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Community mourns 5 children killed in Arizona house fire, cause under investigation

Headline from KVOA Tucson, on the newest of 2 developments

Authorities have yet to determine what caused a house fire in northwestern Arizona that left five children dead. Bullhead City police say the fire broke out Saturday evening while the

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Authorities: 5 people including 3 young children die in house fire in northwestern Arizona | News Channel 3-12

    Headline from KEYT Santa Barbara ·

  2. Newest

    Community mourns 5 children killed in Arizona house fire, cause under investigation

    Headline from KVOA Tucson ·

Reports & sources

16 articles, oldest first.

  1. Fox News

    Northwestern Arizona house fire kills 4 children, 1 teen (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Four children and a teen died in an Arizona house fire on Saturday, according to police. No adults were home at the time, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

  2. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Authorities: 5 people including 3 young children die in house fire in northwestern Arizona | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    Authorities: 5 people including 3 young children die in house fire in northwestern Arizona

  3. NBC News

    5 people including 3 young children die in house fire in northwestern Arizona, authorities say (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Police said it appeared that no adults were home at the time of the fire.

  4. CBS News

    5 kids home alone die in fire as father is out Christmas shopping, police say (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Neighbors reported that they tried valiantly to save the children, to no avail. All five were grandchildren of a local fire department employee, in Bullhead City, Ariz.

  5. New York Post

    Five kids die in house fire while dad goes Christmas shopping (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Four siblings and a relative, all grandkids of a fire department employee, were killed in the blaze, police said.

  6. KVOA Tucson

    Community mourns 5 children killed in Arizona house fire, cause under investigation (opens KVOA Tucson)

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    KVOA Tucson's feed description

    Authorities have yet to determine what caused a house fire in northwestern Arizona that left five children dead. Bullhead City police say the fire broke out Saturday evening while the

  7. Fox News

    5 children killed in Arizona fire were home as guardian went Christmas, grocery shopping (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Five children died Saturday in a house fire in Arizona while the father of the home was out shopping for groceries and Christmas gifts, police said.

  8. Blaze Media

    5 young grandkids of Arizona fire department employee die tragically in fire: 'There were no survivors' (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    A terrible housefire in Arizona over the weekend left five kids dead, all of whom were the grandchildren of a fire department employee.At 4:54 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, first responders received a call about a fire at a duplex in Bullhead City in the northwestern corner of Arizona, just across the…

  9. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    5 kids killed in Arizona house fire after dad leaves to buy gifts (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. >> A father in Arizona who left four children and a young relative at home so he could buy Christmas gifts and groceries returned to find the charred remains of the family’s home after a fire broke out, killing all five children inside, authorities said.

  10. The Guardian

    Five children die in Arizona house fire as father did Christmas shopping (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Local police chief describes ‘horrific tragedy’ after four boys aged two to 13 and a four-year-old girl die trapped in duplex

  11. NBC News

    Father was holiday shopping when house fire killed 5 children in Arizona, police say (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Victims raged in age from 2 to 13 and where in an upstairs bedroom when the fire started on the first floor of a home in Bullhead City, Arizona, police said.

  12. Washington Times

    Arizona house fire kills 5 children left alone while dad did Christmas shopping (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Police in northwest Arizona said five children left home alone died in a fire over the weekend while their father was out Christmas and grocery shopping.

  13. The Daily Caller

    Five Children Who Were Home Alone Died In Fire While Father Was Christmas Shopping, Police Say: REPORT (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    A fire in a duplex Saturday in Arizona claimed the lives of five children, police said, AZ Family reported.

  14. AL.com

    5 children die in Arizona house fire while father shopped for Christmas gifts (opens AL.com)

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    AL.com's feed description

    The victims included a 4-year-old girl and her three brothers — ages 2, 5 and 13 — and an 11-year-old boy who was a family relative.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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