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Mourning a jokester, a free spirit

He'll be remembered for his charm, his impromptu raps and his jokes. More

Death toll in city fire now up to 8

Six died that day. Another life was lost last week. And early yesterday morning, just hours before her father, her two young sons and her nephew were finally laid to rest after a rousing church service, Deneen Thomas died in her hospital bed. More

Funerals planned for Cecil Ave. fire victims

Funeral plans for the remaining five victims of last month's Cecil Avenue fire were finalized this morning, according to Victor C. March, the owner of March Funeral Homes. More

Fire victims identified, 10 days later

Ten days after an East Baltimore fire that caused seven deaths, the state medical examiner has at last identified all of the victims -- a process complicated by scant medical records, the severity of the burns and the ever-shifting population of the crowded rowhouse on Cecil Avenue. More

'God does not make mistakes'

The 3-year-old liked things with wheels - he raced around on a tiny dirt bike and pretended to drive when he got into a car. More

'It pains us, it hurts us, to see him go'

The gleaming white casket was several feet long; the body of the 7-year-old boy clad in a white suit lay inside. More

Fire inquiry may take weeks

As plans were completed for the first funeral yesterday, investigators struggled to pinpoint the cause of the fire that killed six people in a crowded East Baltimore rowhouse, in part because of the intensity of the blaze and way it ravaged the structure in a matter of minutes. More

Boy, 13, died in bid to save his brother

Davonte Witherspoon had made it out alive onto the Cecil Avenue sidewalk, free of the fire ravaging his brick-front rowhouse. That's when the 13-year- old boy, standing amid thick smoke and underneath flames that licked the morning sky, remembered who was still inside. More

Fire highlights lack of shelter for poor

The rowhouse fire in East Baltimore that claimed the lives of six people and left seven injured highlighted a hidden problem of Baltimore housing: poor families who are unable to find or afford decent shelter banding together under one roof. More

Neighborhood copes with a stunning loss

The deep burgundy brick shows through the violent black char at 1903 Cecil Ave. The random contents of the East Baltimore rowhouse - an old 45 record, a tiny sneaker, a "Hugs" juice container - lie dormant on the sidewalk. More

Rowhouse owners tried eviction

The frustrated landlord put it plainly when she appeared before a Baltimore District Court judge a month ago: "I want her out of my property." More

'No one should ... die that way'

In a chaotic few minutes, six lives were gone. More

Ample valor, too little time for fire crews

They crawled into the burning rowhouse on their hands and knees, advancing beneath fire and smoke, moving straight into an overwhelming heat that pressed in from all sides. More

Mourning

'Can't stop the tears from flowing'

The pastor read out 13 names at a "service of comfort" in his East Baltimore church -- the apparent dead and injured from yesterday's rowhouse blaze a few blocks away. More

Treatment

First goal: prevent deaths from shock

As the victims arrived at Maryland's only specialized burn unit yesterday, the first concern of the medical team was ensuring that they didn't die of shock before doctors got a chance to tend to their burns. More

Fatal fire on Cecil Avenue

Gesture to homeless mom, sons

Around the corner from the charred remains of lives lost or forever changed, a man and his wife -- owners of the house on Cecil Avenue where six people were killed and seven others injured in an early-morning blaze yesterday -- sat in the gloom of their living room and wondered. More

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