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Boys, 2 and 5, die in mobile home fire

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EASTMAN - Two young brothers died in a fire that authorities said may have started by their playing with a cigarette lighter in the bedroom of their mobile home. <br> <br> Mitchell Miller, 5, and 2-year-old Tristen Taylor Johns died in the blaze that started Tuesday night in the top bunk of their beds, Dodge County sheriff&#39;s Capt. Willie Holton said. <br> <br> ``We speculated that they were playing with fire, probably a cigarette lighter,&#39;&#39; Holton said. <br> <br> Cochran police Sgt. Jeff Trawick, the boyfriend of the children&#39;s mother, suffered second- and third-degree burns trying to save them. <br> <br> He was airlifted to the Augusta Burn Center, but was doing well and is expected to fully recover, said Jon Thrower, Cochran&#39;s acting police chief.
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