A fire in the city’s South Shore neighborhood killed two people today.
A grandmother and her 5-year-old granddaughter were killed in the fire.
Preliminary reports show the little girl might have been playing with a lighter inside a closet.
The investigation is ongoing.
Fire kills 2 in South Shore
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