Jennings County fire claims lives of two children

Two young boys were killed in a Thursday night house fire in Jennings County. Our news-gathering partners at “The Republic” are reporting the the children, ages 3 and 4, died in the blaze at 1375 N. County Road 615E in Campbell Township.

The paper is reporting that the first call about the blaze was received at 11:16 p.m. The home was fully engulfed when firefighters aarrived on the scene. The report identifies the bots as four-year-old Carson Collett and his brother, three-year-old Carter Collett.

The fire remains under investigation.

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