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CHICAGO (AP) — Two young children who suffered severe burns in a fire last week in Kankakee have died.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's office reports that 2-year-old Jushaun Watson was pronounced dead on Sunday afternoon at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood and 4-year-old Justice Stewart died Friday afternoon at Comer Children's Hospital.
Both boys were airlifted to the hospitals after an apartment fire early Wednesday morning. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that a 65-year-old woman suffered smoke inhallation, a 25-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman suffered burns on their hands.
Fire officials said on Wednesday they did not know the cause of the fire and they could not be reached for comment on Sunday.
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