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June 16, 2006

Update: 4 victims of Fall River fire officially identified

FALL RIVER, Mass. -- The city's Fire Department issued a statement this afternoon officially identifying the four victims of Wednesday's deadly fire at a religious social club.

The four -- all women -- are: Emiliana Carvalho, 80, of 22 Covel St., Fall River; Geraldine Andrade, 63, of 505 Tower St., Fall River; Mary Raposa, 70, of 14 Bob St., Westport; and Christina Costa, 31, no address given. Andrade's name had previously not been available.

The fire raced through the small club around 7 p.m. Wednesday when a candle tipped over in a room decorated as a shrine with crepe paper, white paper rose blossoms, satin ribbons and miniature Christmas lights for what was to be the club’s Holy Ghost feast this weekend.

Firefighters were back at the scene of early this morning to douse hotspots, reported around 2 a.m.

More about the blaze from today's Journal story ...

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 4:06 PM | Permalink

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