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Early morning house fire in Sebastopol kills 2

By O. Gloria Okorie
Published  January 29, 2023 9:28pm PST
North Bay
KTVU FOX 2

Early morning house fire in Sebastopol kills 2

A house fire in Sebastopol killed two earlier Sunday shortly before 5 a.m., officials said.

SEBASTOPOL, Calif. - A house fire in Sebastopol killed two earlier Sunday shortly before 5 a.m., officials said.

Sebastopol Fire responded to a house located on Highway 116 for reports of a fire. Two people, a man and a woman, were killed after a converted carport they were sleeping in caught fire.

Another woman in the main part of the home was able to escape and was not physically harmed. 

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Before firefighters arrived, neighbors reportedly tried to extinguish the fire themselves with garden hoses.

Officials said multiple water tenders were ordered alongside additional engine companies to put out the fire. 

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The identities of the two killed were not made known. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

O. Gloria Okorie is a digital reporter for KTVU. Email O. Gloria at o.gloria.okorie@fox.com or call her at 510-874-0175. Follow her on Twitter @ogloriaokorie.