Fire in Monticello kills 6-year-old

The Times Herald-Record reports that a fire at the Monticello Garden Apartment Complex on Moon Manor Road last night left a 6-year-old child dead:

The fire in Apt. No. 61 was reported at 9:27 p.m. Monticello firefighters and police arrived within 4 minutes, found it was fully engulfed in flames, and were told that the girl was unaccounted for. Firefighters from multiple fire departments put out the fire, and found her dead in the living room.

There was a 31-year-old woman and seven children in the apartment when the fire started.

The names of the victim and her family have not yet been released.

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