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Four perish in early-morning fire

Three children, ages seven, two and six months, perished along with their grandmother in a fire that destroyed a Gloucester home early Wednesday morning, according to Major Ryan Cookson of the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office.

Gloucester Volunteer Assistant Fire Chief C.W. Miller said firefighters were dispatched to the home in the 6000 block of Summerville Drive just before 2:30 a.m. The initial dispatch reported there was fire showing from the home and three children were on the second floor. Three other occupants were said to have exited the house.

Miller said two Gloucester sheriff’s deputies and Gloucester Fire Chief J.D. Clements arrived first on the scene and reported the house was fully engulfed. He said two adults, a man and a woman that had escaped the home, were transported for medical treatment. A third adult had re-entered the home in an effort to rescue the children.

The remains of the adult and the children were located by firefighters Wednesday morning...

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