{"id":60636,"date":"2025-10-26T18:26:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T22:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=60636"},"modified":"2025-10-26T18:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T22:26:31","slug":"4-dead-including-2-children-in-south-carolina-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/4-dead-including-2-children-in-south-carolina-house-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"4 dead, including 2 children, in South Carolina house fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Four people, including two young children, were killed when a house caught fire in Gaffney, South Carolina, according to officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The blaze was reported around 1:40 a.m. on Sunday at a home on East 3rd Street, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/myfox8.com\/news\/south-carolina\/south-carolina-house-fire-kills-4-including-2-children\/\">WSPA<\/a>, citing Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One person managed to escape the burning home and ran to a neighbor\u2019s house to call 911. 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