Two Kids Killed in SE Houston Fire

An apartment complex fire in Webster has left two children dead and two people hurt.

Webster city spokeswoman Crystal Roan says two children were dead at the scene Thursday morning. Roan says an adult an another child were transported to a hospital. No information was immediately available on their conditions.

Roan told the Houston Chronicle that all four people had been in the same unit. Names of the victims were not immediately released.

Investigators will try to determine what sparked the deadly fire that left several other units damaged. The fire was extinguished by 6 a.m. Thursday.

Webster is 20 miles southeast of Houston.

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