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Swim club president downplays camp comment
Thursday, July 9
The children's mother and four other children escaped, WISN-TV in Milwaukee reported.
The victims were two sisters, ages 2 and 8, and their 9-year-old brother, police said.
Investigators suspected an extension cord with several devices plugged into it in a child's bedroom may have played a role in starting the fire.
Police said the mother's boyfriend was outside smoking a cigarette and tried to go back inside when he saw the fire but the home was quickly enveloped in flames.