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Fire claims life of seventh victims

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LANCASTER (AP) – Authorities say a 2-year-old boy critically injured in a central Pennsylvania house fire has died, bringing the toll from the blaze to seven.

Spokesman Grant Gegwich of Crozer Chester Medical Center says 2-year-old Kordell Kuhns was pronounced dead at about 4 p.m. Saturday at the hospital.

Two other victims, 41-year-old Crystal Kuhns and her 4-year-old daughter, Mickey, died earlier after being taken to the same hospital.

The fire also killed 51-year-old David Kuhns, 8-year-old Skylar Kuhns and 6-year-old Shawn Kuhns, along with 65-year-old homeowner Jimmie Moore.

Fire officials said the blaze started in the kitchen of a three-story duplex in Lancaster at about 3 a.m. Thursday after frozen potatoes were left in the oven.

One woman who escaped reportedly gave birth to a girl hours after fleeing for her life.

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