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3 young brothers dead in Greek house fire

By Costas Kantouris
Published December 8, 2012 7:35pm ET
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3 young brothers dead in Greek house fire
Firefighters try to extinguish the fire in a burning house where 3 boys lost their lives in a fire, burning in the village of Mesoropi in northern Greece, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Giorgos Tsimirikas, his wife and his 6 youngest children were spending the weekend at his parents' house when the fire broke out early Saturday, caused by a wooden stove. The house had central heating but the owners used a stove because of the steep rise in the price of heating oil as a result of the Greek government's recent fiscal measures. (AP Photo/Haris Iordanidis) | Haris Iordanidis

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — In a tragedy related to Greece’s financial crisis, three children died in a northern village Saturday when a fire burned down the home of their grandparents, who were using a wooden stove because heating oil prices have soared, officials said.

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