Two children die in house fire near Athens

WINTERVILLE - Two children have died in a house fire near Winterville east of Athens. <br> <br> Athens-Clarke Fire Chief Wendell Faulkner says firefighters found the bodies inside the wood frame house after they arrived early Wednesday morning. <br> <br> The victims are identified as ten-year-old Lonnie Richardson and his four-year-old cousin, Kathy Ruth Davenport. <br> <br> Autopsies show the children died of smoke and soot inhalation. <br> <br> Two adults in the house at the time of the fire escaped without injury. <br> <br> The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

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