ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Two people are dead after an early morning house fire in suburban St. Louis.
The names of the victims were not immediately released, but officials say the victims were a middle-aged man and elderly woman.
The fire broke out about 3 a.m. near the Maryland Heights suburb in St. Louis County Firefighters from the Monarch Fire Protection District responded.
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