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  "textContent": "Officers were called to Mason Street at about 8.30pm on Friday along with the West Midlands Fire Service and West Midlands Ambulance Service, West Midlands Police said\n\nTwo young children have died in a house fire last night in Wolverhampton.\n\nOfficers were called to Mason Street at about 8.30pm on Friday along with the West Midlands Fire Service and West Midlands Ambulance Service, West Midlands Police said.\n\nFirefighters entered the property and rescued two young children but they were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.\n\nTwo other children and a woman were already out of the house before emergency services arrived.\n\nThey were checked over by ambulance staff but did not need hospital treatment.\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nPolice have cordoned off the property, which was extensively damaged, while work is done to establish the cause of the fire.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Two young children killed in house fire in West Midlands"
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