Five Killed In North Carolina Blaze

March 4, 2006
The bodies of two adults and three children were inside

Five people were killed in a house fire in Lee County early Saturday morning.

Authorities say they responded to a house fire on Lawrence Street in Sanford early Saturday morning and found the bodies of two adults and three children inside.

The victims have been identified as 37-year-old Jorge Ramiro Ramirez-Lopez, 31-year-old Angelica Riberato, 10-year-old Luis Fernando Cardenas, 6-year-old Secar Cardenas, and 1-month old Nelsi Ramirez.

There is no word yet on a possible cause of the fire. The blaze remains under investigation.

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