INDIANAPOLIS — A second child and third person total have died following a Jan. 9 fire on the city's east side.
According to the Indianapolis Fire Department, a 3-year-old female child died Thursday, Jan. 26, more than two weeks after the fire on Elwin Drive.
The death of the 3-year-old follows the deaths of Raymond Diggs Jr., 31, and Leilani Rembert, 1. Both of their deaths were ruled accidental.
The Marion County Coroner's Office has yet to release a cause of death for the 3-year-old.
The two other individuals pulled from the apartment are at varying stages of recovery, according to IFD.
A 12-year-old male remains under doctor's care at Riley Hospital and a 14-year-old male has been released from the hospital.
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