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Victims of Belmont fire identified

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Sunday, September 20, 2009 - 9:50 p.m.
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BELMONT, Wis. (AP) — Police on Sunday identified the father and daughter who were killed in a house fire in the southern Wisconsin town of Belmont.

Firefighters were called to a split-level home in the small Lafayette County community about 4 a.m. Saturday. Police Chief Kurt Malott (mah-LOT’) says the victims were 38-year-old Cory Burgess and his 8-year-old daughter, Destiny Burgess.

Malott says the fire apparently started in a bedroom area of the lower level. The cause remains under investigation.

Destiny was a student in the Belmont School District, which will have additional counselors on duty Monday.

Funeral arrangements are pending.




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