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POCAHONTAS -- A woman and a young child died in a house fire Friday evening in Pocahontas.
The Pocahontas Police Department identified them only as a 65-year-old woman and a 3-year-old. Police reported that their names would not be released until the family has been notified.
The fire at 406 Second Ave. N.W. was reported at 4:53 p.m.
Witnesses told emergency personnel that two people were possibly in the house. Police officers attempted to enter the house, but could not due to the intensity of the flames.
After the fire was under control, the two people were found in the house. They were taken to Pocahontas Community Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
Firefighters from Pocahontas, Laurens, Fonda, Rolfe and Plover responded, along with Pocahontas Community Hospital Emergency Medical Service; Pocahontas police; Pocahontas County sheriff's deputies and Mercy One Lifeflight.
The fire remains under investigation by the state Fire Marshal's Office.