Police in Ypsilanti said firefighters battled a blaze that tore through a public housing unit killing three children.
The fire started on a stove top in a kitchen on the ground floor of Paradise Manor, which is located on Michigan Avenue, police said. The children, ages 1, 5, and 6, were in a bedroom above the kitchen and were not able to get out.
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Fire officials said an investigation is being conducted to find the cause.
The fire had spread to five other units in the complex. Seventy-five people live in the complex. The city is setting up a fund for the victims displaced from their homes, who are in need of clothes and supplies.
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