MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio — A baby has died and a mother and toddler were hospitalized after a house fire in Muskingum County, according to WCMH-4 TV and WHIZ-5 TV.
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The fire occurred Friday afternoon in a home on East Street in Cannelville.
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The mother and her 2-year-old child were flown to hospitals with injuries, both stations reported.
South Zanesville Fire Department Chief Russell Taylor said the mother sustained first and second-degree burns and the toddler sustained second and third-degree burns.
Both stations reported that an 8-month-old baby boy couldn’t be located during the fire.
Taylor later confirmed the infant died in the fire.
The home was considered a total loss and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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