VIDEO: Two Children Die, Others Injured in KS Apartment Fire

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Overland Park (KS) - Two young children were killed and several others were injured in an apartment fire early Tuesday in Overland Park. 
The children's mother and three men in another apartment were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries in the fire at Colonial Gardens Apartments at 8845 Broadmoor Court.

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