SAN LEANDRO, CA — Authorities have confirmed the names of two women who died last week in a house fire in unincorporated San Leandro.
Shirley Demerse, 90, and Pamela Morrow, 66, were identified by the Alameda County Coroner's Bureau.
A third victim's name has not yet been released. A child had been reported missing after the fire, and authorities later said that a body had been found in the home.
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The fire broke out in the early morning hours of March 13 at an Alameda County home shared by a multigenerational family.
The blaze was reported at 5:30 a.m. in the 2000 block of Altamont Road.
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When crews arrived at the scene, they found the house engulfed in flames and quickly called in a second alarm, said Alameda County Fire Department spokesperson Cheryl Hurd.
There were nine people in the home when the fire broke out and although some escaped injury, six were taken to the hospital. Two of them died.
The cause of the blaze is still under investigation, although Hurd said it appeared to have started inside the house.
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