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Arkansas mom, 3 kids die in house fire

CONWAY, Ark., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- An Arkansas woman and her three children were killed in a Christmas week house fire, authorities in Conway, Ark., said Tuesday.

Conway Police Department Lt. Susan Wilson said Jennifer Cissel and her children, Gwenette Snodgrass, 5, Chris Snodgrass, 4, and Arley Snodgrass, 3, were all found dead inside the house Monday night, the Log Cabin Democrat newspaper reported.

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Conway Fire Chief Bart Castleberry told the newspaper the first fire truck arrived at the scene at 8:12 p.m., three minutes after the fire was reported.

"We arrived to heavy fire showing out of three sides -- the front and both sides of the house," Castleberry said, adding that investigators had not yet determined a cause of the blaze.

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