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A state fire official says a boy playing with a lighter caused a fire that killed his brother and sister.

 

Assistant state fire marshal Shawn Alderman tells media outlets that the victims were a 9-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl. Both died of smoke inhalation.

 

The fire occurred Sunday morning at a mobile home in Scott Depot. Firefighters found the victims in their bedrooms. Their names haven't been released.

 

Alderman says the victims' 7-year-old brother accidentally set curtains in the living room on fire while playing with a lighter.

 

Police say the 7-year-old and an adult who also lived in the mobile home escaped the fire. The boy was treated for smoke inhalation at a local hospital and released.