
Two children were killed in a house fire Friday afternoon in Cle Elum. (Photo courtesy of Kittitas County Fire District No. 7)
Two young children died in an intense house fire this afternoon in Cle Elum despite the rescue efforts of their mother, police and firefighters.
Shortly after 12:30 p.m., Kittitas County firefighters were called to a house on Third Street for a report of a house fire with two children inside, according to the Kittitas County Fire District No. 7.
When the distraught mother was forced to retreat from the fully engulfed home, she told police her two children were still inside.
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